Venice News Archives

Sending in a listing for that long-delayed, some might say, long-suffering shipping container house in Venice, a reader writes: "This 'house' that Curbed did a story on a year or so ago has been foreclosed on and is on the market.

Whether you want to see more of the United States, or have been dreaming of that European vacation, flights are on sale now.

It's hard to imagine Surfing Cowboys anywhere but Abbot Kinney Boulevard in Venice, not far from the ocean.

A 97-year-old homeless woman living with her two sons in a battered 1973 Chevrolet Suburban in Venice has received a temporary home, compliments of a nonprofit Los Angeles housing group.

In Southern California, we have the luxury of enjoying mild temperatures throughout the year.

For a town with myriad world-class restaurants and a stretch of beach that is gorgeous, accessible, and fronts a fairly large portion of urban acreage, Los Angeles has surprisingly few good options for beachfront dining.

Eternal Rest yard haunt in Venice. Photo by Tim Roller. Most adults can remember those childhood days leading up to Halloween.

An ocean-front apartment building caught fire Wednesday on the Venice Peninsula.

Authorities today identified a 25-year-old woman who died after a vehicle accident Friday with a Los Angeles Police Department cruiser.

THE BLUNDERS Jon Berstein's site-specific comedy with music about L.A. ditherers and sweet loons is set in an L.A. bar-cabaret - cleverly using the environs of the Vermont Restaurant's cabaret room.

This sea level city of 70,000 souls may be global warming's first victim, a latter day Atlantis of gift shops stuffed with the ridiculous and the sublime.

Nineteen people living on the streets of Venice may soon have a home in an apartment building recently acquired by the Venice Community Housing Corp.

The director of Milk and the author of American Psycho are to write a film about the lives and deaths of artists Theresa Duncan and Jeremy Blake Thursday, 15 October 2009 It is a tale of intrigue, paranoia and harassment by unseen forces, one which takes in the rock star Beck, the Church of Scientology and 9/11 conspiracies.

Oscar nominated director Gus Van Sant may already have another project in the works , but that's not stopping him from teaming with author Bret Easton Ellis to write what sounds like a wholly depressing piece of cinema.

On my recent trip to Los Angeles I finally had a chance to visit Intelligentsia Venice Coffeebar , a beautiful new Intelligentsia Coffee & Tea location.

Abbot-Kinney's new Casa Linda is a little like President Obama. We liked it from the get-go simply for replacing the unappetizing version that came before it.

We admit it: We messed up. We intended to alert you to the sample sale last Sunday at Tortoise General Store , a great importer of Japanese design in Venice.

Ball Don't Lie tells of a modern-day Oliver Twist with sick basketball skills. While orphan Stanley "Sticky" Reichard has ample game, Brin Hill's adaptation of Matt de la Pena's novel has only enough to be entertaining.

House hottie Olivia Wilde has revealed she is a PRINCESS and used to live in a BUS.

Yes, you may still be shaking from Tuesday's National Coffee Day caffeine binge, but you'll get over it.

Saturday morning saw the opening of the new 16,000 square-foot skate park in Venice, near Windward Avenue and Ocean Front Walk.

Venice is home to a lot of extravagant architecture, whether it's Frank Gehry's playful deconstructions or Franklin Israel's experiments in postmodern collage.

Often described as the place where surf culture meets bohemian chic, Abbot Kinney Boulevard in Venice is a street with an eclectic mix of boutiques, restaurants, stores and galleries.