Venice News

With average rent in Venice reaching more than $2,800 according to one report, it's getting hard to find affordable housing in L.A. that hasn't lost its soul.

In this Tuesday, May 14, 2013, photo, Brennan Thickem who helps run the Venice Beach Care Center medical marijuana dispensary in Venice, Calif., poses next to "Yes to Prop D" signs in Venice.

Silicon Beach is a 3-mile region in the Los Angeles metropolitan area rich in Internet technology-related startup companies.

In 2012, Rebecca Rudolph and Catherine Johnson produced Masters of Architecture at L.A.'s Architecture + Design Museum, working with photographer Meiko Takechi Arquillos.

A trip to Venice, Italy may not be in the foreseeable future, at least not any time soon.

Competition for apartments and rental homes in this town is fierce. At least according to the online rental marketplace Lovely , which crunched the numbers for L.A. recently.

Amanda Chantal Bacon's little juice bar on Rose Avenue in Venice, California has turned into a thriving mecca for raw food.

Occupy Venice is concerned that "public schools are under attack." Organizer Rob Dew said while charter schools receive public funding, they have been "co-opted by private interests," looking to gain profits from the public sector.

Trim Hair Salon has just opened a second location in Venice with much fanfare. The Abbot Kinney salon, which has been in the area for more than a decade, has chosen Rose Avenue for its second location.

A West Hollywood doctor, who is accused of writing more than 1,200 prescriptions for powerful painkillers after his authority to prescribe those drugs was revoked, surrendered Monday on federal drug trafficking charges.

The Southland again will bake in dry heat Monday, creating what the National Weather Service called an "elevated fire danger" falling short of red flag conditions.

Betrayal: Woman's paramour defends the man her husband's prosecuting. Big Thunder : Based on the Disneyland roller coaster of same name.

Located on the famous Oceanfront Walk, these historic apartments offer rooms with beautiful views of Venice Beach and the Pacific Ocean.

The Pacific Resident Theatre will host a "Theatre Fare" next week for published writers and authors.

Fire stations across the city of Los Angeles are having an open house from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.

It's better late than never when it comes to Mother's Day gifts and restaurant suggestions.

Area residents can leave non-perishable food items next to their mailbox for letter carriers to collect.

Venice, California-based furniture and instrument builder Charles Lushear of Bohemian Workbench has created an awesome Steampunk coffee table designed after the classic Nintendo Entertainment System controller.

Formerly home to the Howard Hughes aerospace factory, the land had been nearly given up for dead, especially the commercial component that was abandoned by DreamWorks SKG back in the mid 1990s.

In Los Angeles's long, esteemed punk history few bands have risen to such levels of success and infamy as Venice Beach's Suicidal Tendencies .