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From Santa Monica Close Up:

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From Santa Monica Close Up:

"Venice Healer Daisy discusses spirituality at her Healing Hut at the Venice Beach Boardwalk "

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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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Video recap of the 2022 Haunted Heats, featuring all the costume performance, some surfing, and the awards ceremony.

Held by ZJ Boarding House, this Halloween contest is part surfing, part costume performance.

Check out the all the photos in our 2022 Haunted Heats Photo Gallery, this Halloween contest







Early this year there was a protest at Venice Beach Based Aviator Nation, they being called out for stealing Native America Culture.



Venice Beach based "surf lifestyle" hipster brand, Aviator Nation and it's Texas-born founder Paige Mycoskie are being acused of committing cultural appropriation by the Native American owned brand, NSRGNTS. It appears the hipster brand has been taking traditional Native American clothing, as well as tipis, and selling gaudy versions of them.

NSRGNTS has been calling them out on this on social media:

"We have had several relatives from this area reach out to us. We see problematic and harmful actions taking place by owner Paige Mycoskie and her clothing brand Aviator Nation! Her brand consists of the misuse of traditional regalia specifically traditional beaded moccasins. Her brand consists of hipsters wearing traditional “vintage” beaded moccasins. They are being referred to as “hippie slippers”, “boho”, “eccentric”, along with all those other usual cringey terms. Traditional moccasins are very sacred, and not to be used as a fashion accessory on hipsters for exploitation. Every color, pattern, design, and material has significant cultural meaning. It is a problem when people want to take bits and pieces of our culture and use it for their own personal fashion shoot. It’s problematic that they want to take from us but will not stand with us. Where are they when we are fighting pipelines, fighting to protect Mother Earth, fighting to protect our people, bringing awareness to MMIWg2S? Where are they then? Paige Mycoskie we demand you do better and stop with the cultural appropriation that is very apparent within your clothing brand, and your use of tipis at ACL Festival. We see that you are proudly boasting you “build tipis for a living!” Tipis are not yours to appropriate and paint hideous neon colors at festivals!!! Tipis have very powerful and significant meanings. All of this is not yours to take, or to be played with. We have entered new times, and we hope for your sake that you take the time to educate yourself and stop this behavior."

Aviator Nation responded to this by deleting people's comments on their postings and disabling all future comments on their Instagram account.

So now NSRGNTS going to hold a protest on Sunday in front of the Aviator Nation store on Abbot Kinney, here's the latest statement from them:

"Because Paige Mycoskie and her company Aviator Nation have decided to knowingly move forward with committing cultural appropriation after being told not to by the Indigenous community, Southern California relatives and allies have decided to move forward with action! Our culture is not yours for the taking! We demand you stop your profiting off of Indigenous culture, your misuse of tipis, your exploitation of serapes, and your misuse of Native regalia specifically moccasins. Our culture is not a costume, and appropriation is not appreciation."





The Nine Club crew & friends skate the Sand Gaps


Another homeless man goes off his rocker on the beach and tres to fight a Men Working sign in Santa Monica.





From Santa Monica Close Up:

"Members of the indigenous community offer a Dia de Los Muertos blessing at the end of the Santa Monica Pier on Wednesday, November 2, 2022. Aztec dancers lead a vibrant and colorful procession from the west end of the Santa Monica Pier to the Merry Go-Round building."

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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Elderly couple walking their dogs is attacked by a pit bull, the women gets was bit several times.





Santa Monica Police Officers were dispatched to what originally was reported as an armed robbery @ 332 Santa Monica Blvd. SMPD officers arrived within less than 2 minutes. Witnesses reported a male armed with a sharp object went into the store acting hysterical and asking for help. The male ran out before police arrived. SMPD personnel observed the described male go into the T Mobile store in the 1400 block of 3rd Street Promenade. When they attempted to make contact with him, he pulled out two knives.





Surfing Clips from the Venice Pier and Breakwater shot on October 26th. Originally posted to our Instagram stories on that day.





Homeless man gets beat up for threatening to kill someone.





From Santa Monica Close Up:

"Santa Monica Police Officers in the Homeless Liaison Unit (“HLP”) arrest a healer at Santa Monica Beach on Thursday, October 13, 2022. The Officers were enforcing public camping when the person intervened. She was charged with Penal Code 148 a 1 PC, California statute makes it a crime to willfully resist or obstruct a police officer, or EMT, in the performance of their official duties."



Click Here for more Stories about Venice Healer Daisy 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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Surfing big waves at the Venice Pier on October 23, 2022





A walking tour through Venice, California - one of the communities that has been hardest hit from the homeless crisis. The host takes us through what it's like to live in a neighborhood that has been overrun by crime and chaos.


A tow truck removes a wrecked car from the sand in Pacific Palisades, then drives all the way down the bike path to the Santa Monica Pier, instead of using one of the many exit points, including the one where he picked up the wrecked car, he decided to go on the scenic route.





SMFD testing the fire engine hoses at Ocean Park in Santa Monica.





Santa Monica Police and Fire Department aid a very sick homeless man at Palisades Park.





From Santa Monica Close Up:

"City of Los Angeles Department of Public Works sanitation workers in white hazardous materials suits, with Clean Harbors Hazardous Waste Management and Action Cleanup Environmental Services clean-up homeless encampments at Venice Beach on Friday, October 21, 2022."

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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From Santa Monica Close Up:

"Pets participate in Main Street's Rocktober Fest HOWL-O-WEEN costume contest and pet parade on Saturday, October 22, 2022."

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.

Support Santa Monica Closeup/Fabian Lewkowicz with Venmo or PayPal to help earn money to make these videos:

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From Santa Monica Close Up:

"Santa Monica Police Officers from the DART team (Directed Action Response Team, formerly the Pier Task Force) issue an advisal to a woman at the Santa Monica Public restrooms on Friday, October 21, 2022. A couple of hours later, police officers were called back to the same public beach restroom for a woman interfering with maintenance activities. The woman allegedly resisted the officers and was arrested. She was charged with Santa Monica Municipal Code 4.55.090 Park and beach—Interference with maintenance activities, and Penal Code 148 a 1 PC, Resisting Arrest. Penal Code 148 a 1 PC. is the California statute that makes it a crime to willfully resist or obstruct a police officer, or EMT, in the performance of their official duties."

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.

Support Santa Monica Closeup/Fabian Lewkowicz with Venmo or PayPal to help earn money to make these videos:

https://venmo.com/u/santamonicacloseup

https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/fabianlewkowicz