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Venice Healer Daisy talks to a sanitation superhero and thanks him for making it beautiful outside.

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Enter our CAN THE TRASH! Clean Beach Poster Contest for a chance to have your message shared with millions of beachgoers!

To enter the poster contest, draw a picture with a message about how we can keep our oceans and beaches pollution-free and healthy. Be creative!



Contest winners will have their artwork displayed around trash barrels on the beach. Simply submit your artwork online, in person, or by mail. The contest is open to students in grades 3 – 5 who reside in the County of Los Angeles. Online submissions must be entered by an adult.

While entries are accepted year-round, the deadline to enter the contest for summer 2023 is Jan. 31, 2023.

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Venice Healer Daisy interviews a homeless man and shows off her public garden at the Venice Beach Boardwalk on Friday, December 16, 2022.

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Three solid days hanging on the beach for a nice run of south swell​.


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"Venice Healer Daisy with the sanitation workers in white hazardous materials suits, with Action Cleanup Environmental Services, Clean-up homeless encampments at Venice Beach on Friday, December 16, 2022. Park Rangers were onsite during the cleanup. The Venice Beach clean-ups are conducted every Friday."

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Sean Malto and Eric Koston take a trip to Santa Monica and Venice to yell ‘Do A Kickflip!’ at willing…and unwilling pedestrians.