VENICE — The last remaining stretch of the Rose Avenue encampment was cleared Friday, closing the loop on one of the Westside’s most closely w…
VENICE — Rose Avenue was back before the City Council this week, where lawmakers voted to make the street’s last remaining encampment a no-cam…
VENICE — City records now put the Venice Ramada housing conversion at roughly $20.5 million, or about $640,000 per unit. The long-stalled proj…
LOS ANGELES — A controversial Westside homeless project has been officially blocked due to illegal backroom deals that raised the cost and bud…
LOS ANGELES — Public libraries could see metal detectors, expanded security staffing and new security technology after a newly revised LAPD re…
VENICE — A trip to the Whole Foods near Lincoln Boulevard and Rose Avenue turned violent Saturday evening when police say a 51-year-old man wa…
VENICE – After a sold-out inaugural event, the Venice Beach Half Marathon is returning for its second year. It will bring back four races for …
VENICE — A block off Venice Beach, Windward Avenue will host an official U.S. Soccer fan site this June.
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LOS ANGELES — Taxpayers could end up paying hundreds of millions if the 2028 Olympics run over budget, and one City Councilmember says the city needs stronger financial protections before the Games arrive.
LOS ANGELES — Walking through downtown Los Angeles with a cocktail in hand could eventually become legal under a new proposal from Councilwoman Ysabel Jurado.
LOS ANGELES — County supervisors voted to move ahead with creating the county’s first Ethics Commission, advancing a Measure G reform meant to add new ethics oversight to county government.
LOS ANGELES — The county’s rent price-gouging protections are set to expire May 28 after a divided Board of Supervisors declined Tuesday to extend emergency limits put in place after the January 2025 wildfires.
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VENICE — The death of a 92-year-old Venice Beach fixture after he was struck while riding an e-scooter is drawing renewed attention to the risks surrounding electric bikes and scooters as Los Angeles doctors warn they are treating more patients with serious injuries tied to e-bike crashes.
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VENICE – After a sold-out inaugural event, the Venice Beach Half Marathon is returning for its second year. It will bring back four races for all ages (Half Marathon, 5K, One-Mile Walk, Grunion Run), activations and entertainment along the route, and a post-race festival.
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VENICE — The family of Richard Allen Pinard, a 92-year-old Army veteran and beloved Venice Beach presence, is asking the community for help covering funeral expenses after he was fatally struck by a vehicle while riding his e-scooter near the Venice boardwalk.
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VENICE — Los Angeles firefighters achieved a knockdown at a Venice house fire in 17 minutes Wednesday afternoon, with no injuries reported, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD).
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VENICE/SANTA MONICA — Circle Bar, the historic Main Street dive bar and dance club, is set to reopen this month under the Westside restaurateurs behind Hinano Cafe — bringing one of the area’s best-known nightlife rooms back with new sound, lighting, and a renewed focus on DJs, dancing, and …
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VENICE — A trip to the Whole Foods near Lincoln Boulevard and Rose Avenue turned violent Saturday evening when police say a 51-year-old man was stabbed in the arm at the grocery store — the third stabbing or edged-weapon attack reported in Venice since Thursday morning.
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VENICE — A samurai sword-wielding suspect was arrested on Venice Beach after police say a verbal dispute escalated into a man having his arm nearly cut off with a sword Thursday evening on Rose Avenue.
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VENICE — A stabbing suspect who prompted a police search near Horizon Avenue and Main Street on Thursday morning has been taken into custody, according to LAPD.
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VENICE — A block off Venice Beach, Windward Avenue will host an official U.S. Soccer fan site this June.
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VENICE — Venice Beach is planned as one of 10 official World Cup fan zones across the Los Angeles region, while the City of Los Angeles is separately preparing more than 100 free watch parties at parks and recreation centers during the 2026 tournament.
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VENICE — A pet resource fair coming to Venice this month will offer free and low-cost services for local animal owners, including support for unhoused residents with pets.
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VENICE — The doors are open again at the Venice Abbot Kinney Memorial Branch Library.
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LOS ANGELES — A group of Westside residents is now patrolling their own neighborhoods alongside the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD)— stepping in to handle the follow-up and block-by-block monitoring officers often no longer have the time to provide.
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LOS ANGELES — Westside drivers should soon see slower streets near schools, smoother pavement through Westchester, and new safety work along the coast.
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VENICE — About 50 lawn signs supporting Councilwoman Traci Park’s reelection campaign were stolen from the Venice Canals and surrounding Westside neighborhoods in a single night, according to Park’s campaign.
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VENICE — Residents are waking up Monday to the start of months of construction — and a full street closure — tied to urgent repairs at one of the most critical pieces of the city’s sewer system.
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VENICE — The last remaining stretch of the Rose Avenue encampment was cleared Friday, closing the loop on one of the Westside’s most closely watched corridors and marking a major reset for a block that has repeatedly tested Los Angeles’ response to life on the streets.
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VENICE — A prominent Santa Monica nonprofit director and his wife were found dead Tuesday morning at their Venice home, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
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VENICE — A person was hit in the head with a bicycle on Ocean Front Walk Wednesday morning near the Sidewalk Cafe, according to the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD).
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VENICE — A man was hospitalized late Friday night after a shooting in the 300 block of Washington Boulevard, according to the LAPD.
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VENICE - A garage fire in Venice was extinguished in 18 minutes early Tuesday.
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VENICE - The beach just got a new celebrity-branded attraction Sunday when Dr. Bombay Ice Cream, the Snoop Dogg-linked dessert brand, opened a storefront on Ocean Front Walk.
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VENICE — Rose Avenue was back before the City Council this week, where lawmakers voted to make the street’s last remaining encampment a no-camping zone, reopening a political fight over homelessness enforcement in Venice.
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LOS ANGELES - County supervisors on Tuesday approved a temporary program allowing drones for permitted filming projects at Venice Beach through July 31, the latest step by officials after public rumors cast doubt on whether the “Baywatch” reboot would remain in Venice.
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LOS ANGELES - Two cousins accused of scamming short-term rental guests out of about $1.5 million through a bait-and-switch operation tied to properties in Malibu, Venice Beach, and Marina del Rey pleaded guilty Tuesday to federal charges in downtown Los Angeles.
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VENICE — A stretch of Rose Avenue long defined by encampments and sidewalk gaps is now under construction, with City crews breaking ground last week on a project aimed at reshaping the corridor into a formal pedestrian connection toward Santa Monica.
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LOS ANGELES - A federal study examining whether parts of the Los Angeles coastline — including Santa Monica and Venice beaches — could become part of the National Park System will remain open for public comment through May 23.
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LOS ANGELES — Rumors swirled this week over whether the iconic Baywatch production had been pushed off Venice Beach by Los Angeles County over alleged disruptions to lifeguard operations. County officials say that is not true and that the shift was always part of a broader filming plan that …
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VENICE — Windward Avenue — one of the Westside's most recognizable corridors beneath the iconic “Venice” sign — could see a major shift away from cars and toward pedestrians under a concept now being circulated by the Venice Neighborhood Council’s Parking, Transportation & Infrastructur…
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VENICE — Trader Joe’s is again pursuing a Venice store, with a new City filing tied to the long-discussed former Fox Venice theater property on Lincoln Boulevard.
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VENICE - A new survey is asking people who live, work, or travel through Venice to weigh in on safety conditions and potential bike improvements along Washington Boulevard.
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VENICE — A death investigation was underway Friday night in Venice after an adult male was found dead at a bus stop near Abbot Kinney Boulevard and Venice Boulevard.
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VENICE - The Rose Avenue encampment is back in the headlines after an encampment in Venice that was previously cleared through Mayor Karen Bass’ Inside Safe program reportedly again returned, renewing questions about whether one of the city’s highest-profile Westside homelessness interventio…
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VENICE – ¡Salud! has officially opened its doors in Venice Beach, introducing a design-forward cafe and cocktail bar built around the celebration of global Latin culture and a deep commitment to hospitality.
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LOS ANGELES - Bundy Triangle — long associated with encampments along its fence — is now being repackaged by Councilwoman Traci Park’s office as a Friday night destination for families, shoppers, and children’s programming.
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VENICE - A tsunami town hall in Venice turned into something more revealing than a standard preparedness meeting last week. Across more than an hour of presentations and questions, city officials, state emergency staff, police representatives, and organizers laid out a basic problem — when l…
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VENICE - A van fire near a Venice apartment building early Friday morning prompted a response from 48 Los Angeles Fire Department firefighters, but the flames were stopped before they could spread into the apartments above, according to the department.Firefighters were called to East Westmin…
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LOS ANGELES — Overnight RV parking restrictions are moving forward on several Westside corridors where residents have repeatedly reported ongoing issues tied to oversized vehicles.
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VENICE - A man armed with a gun was taken into custody Tuesday afternoon after a barricade on the 600 block of Rose Avenue, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
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VENICE — After a long stretch of empty sand at one of Venice Beach’s most visible family spaces, the Windward Plaza playground now has an opening date.
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VENICE — City records now put the Venice Ramada housing conversion at roughly $20.5 million, or about $640,000 per unit. The long-stalled project, planned to deliver 32 units of permanent supportive housing, is now not expected to open until December 2026 — nearly six years after the purchas…
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LOS ANGELES - The county once argued the Venice lifeguard tower was too damaged and too expensive to save. Now, the historic structure is being redone by the team behind a Baywatch reboot — with workers still painting the tower and finishing site details just two hours before it was unveiled…
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VENICE - An outside fire spread to the rear unit of a one-story duplex in Venice on Tuesday afternoon, drawing a response from 36 Los Angeles firefighters, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.
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SANTA MONICA/VENICE - Santa Monica is expanding its beach-dune restoration project from the Pier toward the Venice border—an effort the City says will add nearly 30 additional acres of restored dunes intended to buffer erosion and flooding as sea levels rise.
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VENICE - As we reported, on January 26th Brian Averill, the President of the Venice Neighborhood Council, then serving his second term, resigned to focus on creative work. His departure followed the culmination of months of contention, chaos and division on what was once one of the most con…
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LOS ANGELES — When Hailey and Chandler agreed to move 2,000 miles to California, they said they were sold a dream, a couple's drug recovery program that would be covered by insurance. Less than six months later, the Westside Current met the young couple crying in a McDonald’s parking lot — d…
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VENICE — For years, Venice made headlines for the wrong reasons — a beachfront synonymous with boardwalk encampments and public disorder. On Wednesday, the picture flipped. Thousands of actors in red swimsuits lined up for a Baywatch open casting call, chasing a role in one of the most recog…
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LOS ANGELES - Council District 11 says it is working with community members on an “enhanced, formal crosswalk” for Venice Boulevard — a planned upgrade the office is tying to a broader set of mobility changes aimed at making the corridor safer for Angelenos.
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LOS ANGELES - The feds are eyeing the LA coast. Congress has ordered the National Park Service to study whether a major stretch of coastline — including the beach corridor from Will Rogers State Beach to Torrance Beach — should be added to the national park system.
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VENICE - A Saturday afternoon argument at a Venice intersection ended with gunfire — sending a 42-year-old man to the hospital and a woman into custody, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
LOS ANGELES — Taxpayers could end up paying hundreds of millions if the 2028 Olympics run over budget, and one City Councilmember says the city needs stronger financial protections before the Games arrive.
LOS ANGELES — Walking through downtown Los Angeles with a cocktail in hand could eventually become legal under a new proposal from Councilwoman Ysabel Jurado.
LOS ANGELES — County supervisors voted to move ahead with creating the county’s first Ethics Commission, advancing a Measure G reform meant to add new ethics oversight to county government.
LOS ANGELES — The county’s rent price-gouging protections are set to expire May 28 after a divided Board of Supervisors declined Tuesday to extend emergency limits put in place after the January 2025 wildfires.
LOS ANGELES — People across the country united for a common cause on April 18: Earth Day cleanups and conservation projects organized by We Explore Earth. The nationwide events removed more than 2,000 pounds of trash from natural and public land and culminated in local celebrations, the largest of which was in L.A. The nonprofit hosts year-round programming, creating exciting and educational outdoor experiences to help people connect – and give back to – nature.
LOS ANGELES — Michelin has added four Westside-area restaurants to its California Guide, giving new statewide attention to a Mar Vista French bistro, two Sawtelle restaurants and a Pico-Robertson tasting menu spot ahead of next month’s awards ceremony.
LOS ANGELES — Blue is currently at the West LA shelter, where volunteers describe her as affectionate, outgoing, playful, and eager to connect with people.
LOS ANGELES — The animal welfare system continues its march towards collapse as City leaders appear resigned to accept preventable downstream consequences rather than invest in affordable prevention.
LOS ANGELES — Bagel started life in a homeless encampment and has spent the last two years bouncing between Los Angeles shelters. By every measure, the 4-year-old Pit Bull Terrier has had a rough start, but no one would ever know it.
LOS ANGELES — More than five years after Rebecca Grossman struck and killed two young brothers in a Westlake Village crosswalk, a psychiatrist testified that their mother continues to show symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder and depression.
LOS ANGELES — Rihanna was standing inside an Airstream trailer at her Beverly Crest home when bullets pierced the windshield directly in front of her, according to police.
MARINA DEL REY — Nordstrom Rack is opening a new Marina del Rey store as Santa Monica’s traditional shopping core absorbs another major retail departure.
CULVER CITY — IKEA opens its new Culver City store today, bringing the company’s smaller-format, planning-focused retail concept to the Helms Design District ahead of a grand opening block party this weekend.
SANTA MONICA — The Pier will close out its spring “Locals’ Night” season Thursday with a free evening of live music, classic cars, storytelling and a Fleet Week-themed 5K.
SANTA MONICA – In celebration of World Whisky Day, an extraordinary culinary collaboration is coming to the coast as The Lobster hosts a one-night-only five-course whisky pairing dinner on May 21. The exclusive evening brings together two of Santa Monica’s most celebrated chefs for an unforgettable oceanfront experience honoring the art of fine whisky and cuisine.
LOS ANGELES — California is pouring more money into Los Angeles County’s homelessness housing pipeline while federal prosecutors continue pursuing cases alleging millions in earlier homelessness dollars were diverted.
LOS ANGELES - More than one-third of Project Homekey housing units were still offline as of January, even as City Hall faced mounting pressure to show progress on homelessness.
LOS ANGELES — California is pouring more money into Los Angeles County’s homelessness housing pipeline while federal prosecutors continue pursuing cases alleging millions in earlier homelessness dollars were diverted.
LOS ANGELES — The County may soon face a contempt of court hearing alongside the City, a new report in the LA Alliance homelessness case warns. If the County wants to avoid a similar proceeding, the report says it must give the court reliable and verifiable data proving it is complying with the settlement agreement.
LOS ANGELES — Taxpayers could end up paying hundreds of millions if the 2028 Olympics run over budget, and one City Councilmember says the cit…
LOS ANGELES — Walking through downtown Los Angeles with a cocktail in hand could eventually become legal under a new proposal from Councilwoma…
LOS ANGELES — Officials are moving to fold three city departments into one, advancing a consolidation plan Tuesday that city officials say wil…
LOS ANGELES — Three motions now introduced signal the beginning of a broader Charter reform effort now moving through the City Council’s Rules…
LOS ANGELES — A proposal to break up one of City Hall’s most powerful offices is drawing sharp pushback from City Attorney Hydee Feldstein Sot…
