Venice News

A Venice craftsman-style home linked to the community's founder Abbot Kinney and his friend and personal assistant Irving Tabor has been added to the list of Historic-Cultural Monuments in Los Angeles.

The Los Angeles City Council voted Tuesday to ban plastic carryout bags in the city's supermarkets and stores by July 2010 -- but only if the state fails to impose a 25-cent fee on every shopper who requests ...

The Tibetan prayer flags suspended on a string over the sleeping body of Captain Blue rose and fell in fluttering counterpoint to the wheezy rhythm of his breath.

Libya wanted to build one. Some fear Iran and North Korea still do. But a man in Hawthorne has actually done it.

Members of the Voice of the Canals residents' organization in Venice have created the Monarch Butterfly Sanctuary and Waystation at a city lot on 29th Avenue, between Pacific Avenue and Strongs Drive in Venice.

Poets Holaday Mason and River Malcolm will present a joint reading 7 p.m., Friday, July 25, at Darvill's Bookstore.

Tomorrow at noon on KPCC , John Rabe and his Off-Ramp Players will read a scene from "Right of Way," the script for a noir movie that LA Observed readers have been writing in weekly installments.

Planning this trip THE BEST WAY From LAX, connecting service to Venice is offered on Lufthansa, Air France, Alitalia, KLM, Delta, British, US Airways and Aer Lingus.

That Venice dog aka the two-bedroom at 1028 Palms that hit the market for $950,000 last winter has been taken off the market.

New documentary film "Why We Train" is now completed, and will preview in the Los Angeles area soon.

David Fincher is taking Dark Horse comic The Goon to the movies. Famously adept at crafting tightly wound creep-outs in Se7en, Zodiac and Fight Club , Fincher will team with Blur Studios to make the CG animated ...

The pleasant climate and quirky vibe of Venice have long attracted the wealthy and destitute alike.

In Venice, California, where narrow lots are the rule, privacy is a perpetual issue.

Each week ListingsWire mentions notable movements on the MLS: New listings, price chops, flips, and more.

WITH GAS prices what they are, it's not surprising people want a shorter commute.

Referenced earlier today in linkage, this is the 16,000-square-foot skate park planned for Venice Beach.

Looking for something fun to do on 4th of July?......Come to the Venice Beach Walking Tours Grand Opening Celebration, Friday, July 4, 2008 at 11:00 am at the base of Rose Ave.

Once a backwater of tattoo parlors and beachside bodybuilders, Venice, California has become a percolating design district with a growing inventory of adventurous homes on narrow lots.

For the high-profile crowd that turned out to celebrate a new home in Venice, California, the attraction was not just the company and the architectural detail.

THE five Venice homes in a self-guided tour this Sunday sponsored by the American Institute of Architects feature contemporary designs, all within a mile of one another.