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With this Saturday being the 27th Annual Venice Surf-A-thon, let's throwback to 2014 with the video from the 21st Annual Venice Surf-A-Thon.

Also, there's a lot of photos from other past Venice Surf-A-Thons, see the links below.

PHOTO COVERAGE OF PREVIOUS VENICE SURF-A-THONS:

2019 Venice Surf-A-Thon

2018 Venice Surf-A-Thon

2017 Venice Surf-A-Thon

2016 Venice Surf-A-Thon

2015 Venice Surf-A-Thon

2014 Venice Surf-A-Thon

2013 Venice Surf-A-Thon

Update on the woman who was shot and killed on December 1 just before 5:30 p.m. near the Venice Beach Boardwalk.

The victim is 28-year-old Ky Thomas, who was a mother to an 8-year-old girl and 1-month-old boy. She had recently purchased a home and had received her license to broker loans in commercial trucking, a family friend said during a news conference.

The LAPD says there was some type of dispute between Thomas, her boyfriend and and three Black males who were possibly wearing hoodies. The assailants ran away from the scene. No arrests have been made in the incident. Thomas was the only one who was shot and later died from her injuries.

“It still doesn’t seem real, it’s like I’m just waiting for Ky to call me, it’s like a dream,” Cortlyn Bridges, Thomas’ mother said.

“My daughter was not a gang member, my daughter was a mother, my daughter was a loving, kind and caring person who helped anybody,” Bridges said. “My daughter was a good girl, she had a good heart.”

Anyone with information about the shooting can call LAPD’s West Bureau homicide investigators at 213-382-9470.

A High Surf Advisory has been issued by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: Alert:

...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST WEDNESDAY...

* WHAT...Large breaking waves of 6 to 10 feet with local sets to 12 feet through tonight. Surf will lower to 5 to 8 feet by Wednesday morning. Expect continued dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Los Angeles County Coast and western shores of Catalina and Santa Barbara Islands.

* WHEN...Until 9 PM PST Wednesday.

* IMPACTS...There is an increased risk for ocean drowning. Rip currents can pull swimmers and surfers out to sea. Large breaking waves can cause injury, wash people off beaches and rocks, and capsize small boats near shore.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Surf will be highest on exposed west facing beaches. Short period northeast wind waves of 3 to 6 feet will create hazardous conditions near northeast harbor entrances such as Avalon and Two Harbors on Catalina Island through this evening. The surf will begin to slowly subside tonight through Wednesday. It will still be elevated early Thursday though below advisory criteria.

Instructions: A High Surf Advisory means that high surf will affect beaches in the advisory area...producing localized beach erosion and dangerous swimming conditions. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don`t swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help.

The pissed of local that Smeared Human Feces All Over Venice Pier Construction Site last week has struck again. Check out the photo below.

Video footage of the Woman killed in Gang Shooting at Venice Beach from Wanderer Nirvana .

A large, long-period NW swell combined with gusty NE winds will create high surf along all beaches and hazardous seas across much of the coastal waters Mon through Wed. Dangerous rip currents and large breaking waves are likely.

Someone is pissed off that part of the Venice Pier parking lot is closed for the pier's repair work.

So pissed off that he smeared his poop all over the fencing.

One of the employees of the the company that was hired to do the repair work on the pier showed our source the security video of the poop smearing.

The employee said it was blelieved to be human feces and that they have informed the "authorities" who are now looking for the suspect.

And this suspect, who is said to be a regular at the pier, may also be the reason there is always trash thrown in fenced off section.

There was a couple days that the Venice Pier parking lot smelled a lot worse than it usually does, this may be why.

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

"After a busy day, I went to Venice Beach. I walked all the way down to breakwater where lots of surfers meet to surf into the sunset. It was a beautiful sunset and I was able to recharge my batteries, to soak in the beauty of nature. Sometimes you just have to sit and enjoy life."

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