Category: Local
Penn Ave Converting to Two-way Traffic
For as long as I can remember, this Food Truck Alley has been a one-way thoroughfare. This change may alleviate some of the traffic congestion at the intersection of Stewart and Olympic Boulevard.… Read More Penn Ave Converting to Two-way Traffic
Snapchat Leaving Venice
I’d heard rumors, but that’s it. Well, it turns out the rumors are true. The tech company, founded in Venice in 2011, is vacating a large chunk of its Venice network of office space for a location in a corporate office park in Santa Monica. This may actually serve as one final “fuck you” to… Read More Snapchat Leaving Venice
Homework: Get Hit By A Range Rover
Today, I got hit by a Range Rover. With New York plates. It happened around noon. At Sixth and Santa Clara. I’d just about rode my bike down to the stop sign when homie came up close at the limit line. I’d been in a track stand when his bumper kissed my left thigh. About… Read More Homework: Get Hit By A Range Rover
Bird Riders Beware
No helmet? That’s a ticket. The Santa Monica Police Department has officially started cracking down on the city’s 30,000 Bird subscribers via Bird lovers tweet as tickets ruffle feathers | Santa Monica Daily Press
Driving to Vegas Soon? Your SatNav May Stop Working
Uber drivers beware. Riders too. GPS service could be experienced by aircrews flying throughout the western United States. via USAF Is Jamming GPS In The Western U.S. For Largest Ever Red Flag Air War Exercise – The Drive
LA’s Finest Taxi Service
“I fix problems,” Collins was recorded saying to an undercover agent, court records show. “I make a lot of things go away.” via L.A. County sheriff’s deputy is charged with selling drugs and offering to hire other cops to protect dealers – LA Times
Venice ’83
Photos of the 1983 El Niño beach erosion in Venice Beach, California. Photos show the lifeguards’ “HQ” building featured in the television show Bay Watch.… Read More Venice ’83
Painted columns along a sidewalk, Venice, Calif., ca. 1973
Searching the USC digital archives for photos of Venice, I found this in the collection called “Robin Dunitz Slides of Los Angeles Murals, 1925-2002.” It’s a great view from in front of what’s now Menotti’s Cafe on Windward. Based on the striped column, it looks like there was once a barber shop there. What’s now Collage Cafe once… Read More Painted columns along a sidewalk, Venice, Calif., ca. 1973
The End of the Boardwalk, 1929
I just found this astonishing panorama and had to share it. You can find the photo on the website for the Huntington Library’s digital archive project. The subject of the photo is the beach next to the Lick Pier that once straddled the southern border of Santa Monica. The detail captured is quite remarkable. I downloaded… Read More The End of the Boardwalk, 1929
