Mike, aka German in Venice, vlogs about daily life in Venice Beach, and the nearby communities.

"Today, some of the Venice Beach neighborhood residence met up underneath the Venice Sign with flags and signs to support the Ukrainian people."

If you would like to support German in Venice with some gas money or you want to buy him a coffee, you are welcome to donate to his paypal account: https://paypal.me/germaninvenice

Venice Beach, CA update 3/1/22 by Cop Watch Venice

"The beach is looking as bad as ever as LAPD has been chasing most people inland in the middle of the night. The older encampments, including the Venice library park are getting fuller because of it, and nothing is being done to help anyone, just the same waste and move along tactics. After decades of failure with the exact same treatment and the Supreme court rulings against it, you'd think they'd try something different, but the residents keep supporting this lunacy, leaving everyone in misery and destroying our community."

Cop Watch Venice follows LAPD pacific division on world famous Venice beach, showing a point-of-view style cop watch and update on Venice's current conditions. We make edited shorts, full scenes and are working on a documentary about homelessness and city failures. Donate to Cop Watch Venice via Cop Watch Venice Paypal

The Los Angeles Fire Department's Arson/Counter-Terrorism Section (ACTS) is seeking the public's help in locating this suspect in connection with recent arson fires in the Venice area. The suspect set a series of rubbish fires on February 26, 2022 on Flower Ct between 6th Ave and 7th Ave. The suspect continued westbound and set additional rubbish fires on Paloma Ct between Pacific Ave and Speedway.

LAFD Investigators are working closely with Patrol Officers from the Los Angeles Police Department's Pacific Community Police Station to canvass the area in the search for this suspect.

Given the quality of these images, it is believed the suspect should be easily identifiable to those who know him.

Anyone who recognizes this suspect should call the Los Angeles Regional Crime Stoppers Hotline at (800) 222-8477.




SUSPECT DESCRIPTION
25-35 yo African American male
Approximately 6' tall, 185lbs
Thin build, thin mustache
Right side earring
Brown USS Iowa ball cap
White shirt with blue graphic design
Bluep pants and black Croc shoes
Variety of jewelry including shell necklace, ear stud, wrist bracelet and multiple rings on fingers

History is myth. Once upon a time, Venice Beach was a fairytale by the sea. And there are some spirits who still remember...

A Short film Written & Directed by ANSEL FARAJ

This young mom & her husband moved to Venice Beach from New York City in the fall 2020

It had been a safe, middle class neighborhood with an elementary school across the street

But it quickly became a dangerous open drug scene

Then, a psychotic woman tried to snatch her baby pic.twitter.com/LpyekqVFpj

— Michael Shellenberger (@ShellenbergerMD) February 6, 2022

The young mom & her husband live across the street from an elementary school. The open air drug scene in the alley behind their house resulted in a massive, dangerous fire. Now, there's a mentally unstable man dealing meth from his RV across the street, just feet from the school. pic.twitter.com/MebAkri5zV

— Michael Shellenberger (@ShellenbergerMD) February 7, 2022

Across town, in Venice Beach, there is an open drug scene at the public library. Nobody hid their meth & fentanyl use. One got out of jail two months earlier. He boasted of violence. They had expensive bikes & equipment. One admitted to burglary before claiming he was just joking pic.twitter.com/pTpWuh0CG6

— Michael Shellenberger (@ShellenbergerMD) February 6, 2022

Another man in the same open drug scene at the Venice Public Library said he was hit by a car the day before. He said he was in drug rehab four months ago. It didn't stick. He hopes to get his own place and a job some day. pic.twitter.com/c0BX6wdgPG

— Michael Shellenberger (@ShellenbergerMD) February 6, 2022

Mike, aka German in Venice, vlogs about daily life in Venice Beach, and the nearby communities.

"My last homeless encampment video on venicebeach was five months ago this is an update video that shows you how to situation of the homeless community looks like at the current time In the Venice area more and more tens Accumulates around the beach area."

If you would like to support German in Venice with some gas money or you want to buy him a coffee, you are welcome to donate to his paypal account: https://paypal.me/germaninvenice

From Santa Monica Close Up:

"City of Los Angeles Department of Public Works sanitation workers in white hazardous materials suits clean-up a homeless encampment at the 700 block of Flower in Venice on Wednesday, January 19, 2022. LAHSA (Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority) was on site providing homeless outreach. Los Angeles Police Officers were on site to provide security."

Santa Monica Close Up is a photo blog by Santa Monica based Photojournalist/Press photographer Fabian Lewkowicz. Fabian is the former staff photographer for the Santa Monica Daily Observer Press, Santa Monica Mirror, Santa Monica and the Santa Monica Corsair.

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The City of Malibu Arts Commission’s winter public art exhibition in the Malibu City Hall Gallery, “Deliver Me,” featuring original works by world renowned fine artist Tom Fritz, is open to the public December 13 through January 20. The exhibition can be viewed Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM. City Hall is located at 23825 Stuart Ranch Rd., Malibu, CA 90265. No appointment is needed. Facemasks are required inside for COVID-19 safety.

More info at malibuartscommission.org

"Losing everything in a housefire. Surfing the cosmos. Indian Casinos. Parking Lot Parties. Sound Baths, Finding your North Star. Prioritizing Fun. How to say “thank you” and “no thank you.” Building KASSIA+SURF the “High Vibe. Low impact” brand. Kassia is synonymous with radness and surfing in Los Angeles. Her story is incredible and her vibe is unbeatable. Drop in!" Video Interview by Shared Ingredients

From Santa Monica Close Up:

"Scenes from Santa Monica on the last day of the year, Friday, December 31, 2021. Happy New Year!"

Santa Monica Close Up is a photo blog by Santa Monica based Photojournalist/Press photographer Fabian Lewkowicz. Fabian is the former staff photographer for the Santa Monica Daily Observer Press, Santa Monica Mirror, Santa Monica and the Santa Monica Corsair.

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On Saturday, December 11th, the 28th Annual Venice Surf-A-Thon took place at the Venice Pier. This is Socal's longest running surf contest.

The Venice Surf-A-Thon Surf Contest was founded in 1993 by Ger-I Lewis after returning home from military service. He had the idea to do something for the children, young adults and the community in general that is fun and has a positive influence on everyone. Funds raised by Venice Surf-A-Thon Surf Contest go to Casa Del Padre in San Vincinte Baja Norte Mexico and to MLD Christian Charity School in Mucas Mindanao. Both of these schools serve children and women who have been trafficked and abused.



The Surf-A-Thon is also made possible by the many volunteers, such as Norm Antonio and Brock Mayeux (pictured above) who create the unique custom trophies every year.

Now here's the Shacked Mag recap of the 28th Annual Venice Surf-A-Thon.

We were orginially going to wait to find out the official results before publishing this recap, but Ger-I misplaced the the list of winners after the awards ceremony, and those we contacted who attended the awards ceremony don't remember much. So this recap will be from the memory of our photographer Six12 Media and our Venice Beach correspondent Venice's O.G.Peck.




The contest kicked off surprisingly on time, with the groms hitting the water at 7AM.








Then a couple guys competed in the body surfing heat.




The Jr. Mens divisionwas next, Eitan Gobi got 2nd in it.








During the Women's Open Division, Julianna in the yellow jersey caught and surfed the most waves in our eyes.




Later we found out tht she placed 3rd, behind Nicole Lynchie (2nd) and Stephanie Wise (1st). "Judging surf contests is highly subjective. The difference was .5 points between 1st and 2nd place", stated Ger-I.







Beck Adler took his division, beating Cole Sweeney.









"Cole Sweeny, always a threat to win it all! He took home 2nd place being edged out by Beck Adler." Ger-I said, "They were going at back to back and a young guy named Ben kept the heat on too!"







Peck thought Tonan won the Longboard division because he saw him do a coffin, but the judges gave 1st to Norm Antonio and gave 2nd place to Brock Mayeux. The dude that did the handstand through the pier got 4th.







This set of contest surf photos was shot by Six12media and brought to you by XCEL Wetsuits.

These are just a few of the 600+ photos from this contest. If you were out there surfing, you probably got some surfing shots, probably multiple photos, they will be in the complete photo galleries for this event, check them out, the link to the complete galleries is down below.

Venice Surf-A-Thon 2021 Photo Gallery