LA County is issuing another Safer At Home Order, effective Monday 11/30/2020.



The beaches and skateparks are staying open.

Basically, this new Order is for businesses to operate at even lower capacities. It is just another of the LA County Pubic Health's unscientific guidelines that has no data to back it up.

The full details on the Order and which businesses get wrongfully punished for the LA County Public Health's incompentence can be viewed here.



And here's a photo of CA Govenor Gavin Newsome at an indoor party at a fancy restuarant where no one is wearing face coverings.

The 9th Annual Holiday Lighting of the Venice Sign is happening and it is going virtual! Join the Venice Chamber of Commerce and Venice community on Saturday, December 5th from 6:30 to 7:30 pm, virtually on any device by tuning in to facebook.com/VeniceChamber



The one hour program will be hosted by long-time Emcee and Venetian Mike Newhouse, and will feature holiday messages from some of Venice’s favorite restaurants and bars. Event highlights include presentations to the winners of the 2020 My Venice Holiday poster contest and an award honoring the 2020 Venice Local Hero. The celebration continues at 7:15 pm with the traditional countdown to pull the symbolic switch lighting the iconic Venice sign in red and green colored bulbs. This year, the Venice Chamber is excited to welcome Jon Huertas, joining as the special guest who will light the Sign and usher in the holiday season. Jon will join past celebrity residents Robert Downey Jr, Angelica Huston, P!nk, Robby Kreiger of The Doors, Matthew Modine, Andy Summers of The Police and Emmy-nominated actress Linda Cardinelli. Watch it live at facebook.com/VeniceChamber

As the original girl empowerment brand, Barbie is dedicated to shining a spotlight on powerful, diverse role models to inspire the limitless potential in every girl, and this year honours women breaking barriers in sports. The doll is dressed in Nike activewear and holds a skateboard, ready for adventures on and off the ramp.

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

"Today on Thanksgiving Day on Venice Beach they set up a couple tents to give out free Thanksgiving lunch for the homeless people. They pass out care packages with snacks, drinks, groceries, facemasks, and hand sanitizer. Everybody practiced social distancing it was a beautiful day, beautiful weather. Happy Thanksgiving to everybody."

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

According to Surfline: Steep NW swell slowly winds down through the weekend

Today, November 26th: 3′, top NW exposures see 4’+ sets. Minor SSW swell. Developing Santa Ana’s.
Fresh pulse of slightly larger, steeply angled NW swell trends up through the day. Size is mostly in the waist-high zone for average winter spots, pushing stomach high for the better breaks with the occasional chest high set possible through the afternoon. Light/variable to light offshore flow early though southernmost Ventura into western North LA could become breezy by about 8-9am.

Friday, November 27th: 3′, top NW exposures see 4’+ sets. Minor SSW swell. Breezy Santa Ana’s.
Steep-angled NW swell holds early then eases through the balance of the day. Size is mostly in the waist-high zone for average winter spots, pushing stomach-chest high for the better breaks. Robust offshore flow through southern Ventura into North LA. Wind trends onshore from the WNW and builds for the afternoon.

Saturday, November 28th: 2-3’, top NW exposures see some 4’ sets in AM. Minimal SSW swell. Light offshore wind in AM.
Steep-angled NW swell continues to wind down. Size is mostly in the knee to waist-high zone for average winter spots. Offshore flow is due to return for the morning, on the lighter side for Southern Ventura through the South Bay. Expecting light/variable flow for most by midday with onshore WNW wind for the afternoon.

Some lady from Canada is claiming she is going to open a skate and surf shop in Venice Beach.

Don't know if she has ever even visited Venice, but she claims she "understands the culture".

Here's her Press Release:



Seems she is a baby photographer in Canada who was able to trademark the Snapchat Ghost logo and is now upset and throwing rants like everyday on Twitter because Snapchat doesn't want to buy the trademark from her. Appears she was expecting Snapchat would give her millions and billions of dollars for the trademark.

She is getting her revenge by selling Snapchat Ghost merch on her online store and will soon open a Snapchat Ghost merch surf and skate shop in Venice. Obviously she chose Venice, because eveyone in Venice loved Snapchat.




Guess we will see come 2021 if she actually does open a shop or not.

Around 10:00AM on Tuesday morning a 2-story house caught fire in the 23000 block of Saddle Peak Road.



The flames quickly spread to nearby brush, prompting a response from firefighters on the ground and in the air.



At 11 a.m., the Los Angeles County sheriff's Lost Hills station announced the fire had been contained.

The National Weather Service (NWS) issued Red Flag Warning for Malibu starting at 2PM on Thanksgiving day, Thursday, November 26, through 6PM on Friday, November 27 due to a forecast strong Santa Ana wind event and very low humidities. Strongest winds are expected to be 40-55 mph in coastal areas Thursday evening to early Friday morning. Winds should diminish to 20-40 mph on Friday but humidity will remain very low in the 5-15% range.

See fire preparedness tips on The City Of Malibu WebSite

California Governor Gavin Newsom explains his curfew order and apologizes for having dinner at the French Laundry.


The creator of this video, Brent Pella wants to say, "A friendly reminder that it is possible to deeply empathize with those affected by covid, and simultaneously question a politician's arguably illogical/unnecessary regulations. This does not make you an "right wing conspiracy theorist" or "big stupid dummy" as I've been called many times. Just don't be a dick, ya know?"

Here's some surf photos from the November 22nd at County Line. These were taken from around 4:00PM till about 5:00PM. This set was shot by ChrisDidThis.

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








You can find more photos from this session, all full size and in high-resolution, in this photo gallery:

County Line - Sunday 11-22-2020 Photo Gallery


If you were out there, we probably got some cool surfing shots of you, go check them out!

Wanna see photos from previous days at this and other local surf spots?
Click Surf Spot Galleries and look for the spot and then the date.