From Santa Monica Close Up:

"Santa Monica Pier painter Joey Alvarez, with the help from City Employees Daryl Nathan and Alex Vizuet, refurbish the compass rose on Wednesday, February 2, 2022. The compas rose was originally painted in 2018 by Santa Monica High School student Mimi Gaudet."

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:

"City of Los Angeles Department of Public Works sanitation workers in white hazardous materials suits, with Clean Harbors hazardous waste management, clean-up homeless encampments at public parking lot 740 on 301 Main Street in Venice on Wednesday, February 3, 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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Venice beach, CA library park major homeless encampment clean up AKA sweep. 1/12/22 Filmed by Cop Watch Venice

"A homelessness update of Venice beach and surrounding areas filmed on 2/1-2/22. There's a lot of other people around Venice, this is just some of them. Everyone is still being moved around aimlessly while the funding intended to help them is wasted."

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

DSRT Surf is slated to be the first Wavegarden Cove surf park built in the United States of America after plans were unanimously approved by the City of Palm Desert in the Coachella Valley. Wavegarden´s technology will comprise a 52-module wave generator and a fully integrated surfing lagoon.

DSRT Surf is implementing a unique “turf for surf” program to offset all surf lagoon water use by converting 20 acres of turf on the adjacent golf courses to drought tolerant landscaping. The surf program will use the same amount of water as the golf course area being removed, making it a “net zero” water consumption operation.

On top of world-class waves, the resort will also feature a 92 room hotel, 83 residential villas with water views, a beach club and spa, together with pickleball courts, a pump track, restaurants and bars.

According to the development plans, construction on the surfing lagoon will soon commence and completion is scheduled for the end of 2023.

Filmed by Green Cloud Art Org

From Santa Monica Close Up:

"Santa Monica Pier painter Joey Alvarez refurbishes the compass rose on Monday, January 31, 2022. The compas rose was originally painted in 2018 by Santa Monica High School student Mimi Gaudet."

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:

"Pole Dancers at Beach Park at Santa Monica Beach on Sunday, January 30, 2022."

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Video by Brian Behrens:

Evening surf footage from 01.22.22 along the PCH.