Here is a slide show I made of the 2008 Abbot Kinney Festival. It was a lot of fun and a good time was had by many, which is sadly overshadowed at the present time by the events that occurred after it had “officially” ended.
Edizen and our pals at Venice Paparazzi have some more pictures [...]

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Councilman Bill Rosendahl and the LAPD held a press conference today to discuss the murder of 31 year old Adam Pacheco last Sunday outside of TheOtherRoom and another unrelated murder of Braylon Williams September 23rd in the 4800 block of Marionwood Drive in Mar Vista at the Mar Vista Gardens Housing Project.

The police would like [...]

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We have been getting an increasing number of emails from Venice Residents regarding crime. Police officers have told us that crime is down from a year ago, yet it doesn’t “feel” like it is.

Yesterday a person was killed after the Street Festival near the Other Room. Last week a guy was stabbed and ran [...]

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YoVenice friend Emil has been helping us out by building a forum for the site. We think it will bring a livelier discussion area and will be a place that readers can easily jump in and start their own discussions. All of the stories on the front page will be mirrored in the forums, and [...]

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I had a great time at the Abbot Kinney Street Festival yesterday but woke up to an email asking “why all the helicopters” from Keri and a link to this story in the LA Times from another friend. People make no sense sometimes and this is one of them. Our hearts go out to the [...]

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