From Brad Jacobson:
" I'm mixing things up in this episode and throwing you raw surfing clips from a really good day (July 20th) in Malibu.
Thanks for watching. I'm Brad Jacobson and I'll see ya on the sand."
Ever hear of Hugs Not Thugs? It's the place the reforms gangs members...sometimes.
The Hugs Not Thugs van will be at the Venice Sign this weekend giving away some really nice free cupcakes, all courtesy of the new Hulu TV show, This Fool, which debuted this weekend.
Everyone loves cupcakes made by ex-gang members. So look for the pink van and the huge This Fool mural by the Vence Sign on Sunday. They'll be set up by 11AM.
About the show: This Fool is an irreverent, cinematic half-hour comedy set in working class South Central Los Angeles. The show centers around Julio Lopez, a 30-year-old who still lives at home, has been dating his girlfriend on and off since high school, and finds any excuse to avoid dealing with his own problems. Julio works at Hugs Not Thugs, a gang rehabilitation non-profit, where he butts heads with his older cousin Luis, an ex-gang member who just got out of prison and moved in with Julio and his family.
Mike, aka German in Venice, vlogs about daily life in Venice Beach, and the nearby communities.
"Today I heard the sad news that Anne Heche passed away from injuries from the car crash when she drove into the Mar Vista home. I went to the actual crash side to document the sad story."
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:
"Santa Monica Police Officers, Detectives and Forensic Specialists investigate a homicide crime scene on Thursday, August 12, 2022."
"According to Santa Monica Police Public Information Officer Lieutenant Rudy Flores on Thursday, August 11, 2022, at approximately 10:47 AM, Santa Monica Police Officers were dispatched to a call of unknown trouble at a residence of a multi-family apartment complex in the 1400 block of Lincoln Blvd. Several witnesses reported hearing a female screaming for help from one of the units. SMPD Officers arrived to the complex 3 minutes later. Witnesses told officers a male left the unit and provided them his description. A responding motor officer spotted a pedestrian, matching the description of the male, and followed him until he was safely detained at the Jack in the Box @ 802 Santa Monica Blvd. SMPD Officers entered the unit and discovered a deceased female who appeared to be a victim of a homicide. The male subject, later identified as Lamont E. Horton a 47-year-old male, was positively identified by witnesses as the male who came out of the unit in question. Horton is believed to be known to the victim. He was arrested and transported to the SMPD Jail where he was subsequently booked for Murder – 187 PC. Anyone with any additional information pertaining to this incident is strongly encouraged to contact Detective Burciaga 310-458-8932 or the Watch Commander at 310-458-8426"
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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Here's surfing photos from Friday, August 12th at the Venice Pier. This set of surf photos was shot by Six12 Media and brought to you by XCEL Wetsuits.
These are just a few of the 100+ 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 complete gallery is down below.
You can find more photos from this session, all full size and in high-resolution, in this 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 from this photographer?
Click Surf Spot Galleries and look for the spot and then the date.
Here's yet another update to what appears to the new popular Malibu drama, The Angriest Man In Surfing. Andy "The Angriest Man In Surfing" Lyon has spoke with the 25+ year old "kid" and both agreed it's a "matter to be forgotten." Each will fix their own boards.
The "kid" wants to stay out of the spotlight.
“I have respect for the guy. He didn’t go to the cops, he didn’t bitch out," Andy said in an interview, "not like the guy who made the TikTok!”
So now the guy who shot and originally posted the now viral video is being accused of purposedly going after Andy. Of course this is from the pro-Andy crowd.
A person who claims to be a witness went online via the name RedDucky and wrote this:
"The incident has been blown completely out of proportion. Both Andy and the other adult male did not communicate well. They both caught a wave from the previous set, and paddled back up the point together. They were talking about their respective waves. The younger man was paddling faster. A function of age. The older man stopped shy of the top of the point. A wave came and the younger man took off. The older man mistakenly thought the younger man ‘back paddles’ him. (Silly because there were at least 5 other surfers sitting at the top who didn’t go in the last set and had priority (I know because I was one of them.) With that in mind, when all this went down, the guy who shot the video (Shane Lotz) gave a copy to the young man with the yellow board. Guess what? The young man did nothing with the video. But Shane who operates a surf school (crowding the public line up and profiting off it) had a prior heated discussion with the older guy previously so he seized the opportunity to use it against him. He doxed him and engaged in major’ cancel culture, even calling his employer and getting him fired from his job.
Meanwhile the two men directly involved did not call the authorities or get lawyered up. Instead, they met at the young man’s home, shares a cold drink (non alcoholic since neither drinks alcohol) and settled their differences which included fixing boards. Since the two involved moved on everyone else should too!"
The part about Shane running a surf school doesn't hold true though. Someone who knows Shane had this to say:
"Shane doesn’t “operate a surf school” - he gives mellow lessons every now and again to kids and completely stays out of the way - often in that little cove area right in front of the Adamson property. Shane is mellow and nice (but also shreds) - he’s not out there causing trouble. andy brings violence and bad vibes to the line up. period. whenever I see him I just look the other way."
This seems to go in line with what others mentioned about Shane. This person goes on to add"
"Would rather have shane around than andy ffs. You know this isn’t an isolated innocent with Andy. Andy also says some real foul stuff about young women on IG.
The factor of the matter is, the scene at Malibu is not cheering andy on. Nobody is. Nobody likes his vibes. Maybe just some kooks on the internet who think thruster jerk fests are cool and fun. Yesterday a group of older men in the line up were discussing putting Andy in a cage or dog crate or something when I paddled by…"
From Santa Monica Close Up:
"Santa Monica Police Officers, Code Enforcement Officers and sanitation workers from the Safety Task Force clean-up homeless encampments under the Santa Monica Pier on Thursday, August 11, 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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Come skate with Benefit Cosmetics at the Gimme Pink Roller Rink!
Turn Up the Volume!—there’s a free roller disco party at the Santa Monica Pier! For 3 days only, Benefit Cosmetics is rolling big at the Gimme Pink Roller Rink. Join us for a day out at our pop-up party celebrating the launch of our newest brow product, Gimme Brow+ Volumizing Pencil. Enjoy skate rentals on us (if you have your own pair, bring them!), have your brows perfected at the brow bar, and more! Just register for one of the dates and sessions below to RSVP.
Location: Santa Monica Pier, behind the West Roller Coaster
FRI AUG. 12 (six sessions)
12:00pm - 1:00pm
1:30pm - 2:30pm
3:00pm - 4:00pm
4:30pm - 5:30pm
6:00pm - 7:00pm
7:30pm - 8:30pm
SAT AUG. 13 (six sessions)
12:00pm - 1:00pm
1:30pm - 2:30pm
3:00pm - 4:00pm
4:30pm - 5:30pm
6:00pm - 7:00pm
7:30pm - 8:30pm
SUN AUG. 14 (five sessions)
11:00am - 12:00pm
12:30pm - 1:30pm
2:00pm - 3:00pm
3:30pm - 4:30pm
5:00pm - 6:00pm
To RSVP, CLICK HERE
PBS did a special on the local organization Color the Water:
"The stereotype of the Californian surfer does not match up with the diverse history of surfing. Color the Water is a Los Angeles organization dedicated to increasing access to surfing and reclaiming a space in the water for communities of color."
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