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From Santa Monica Close Up:

"Most of the homeless encampment has been cleared from the Venice Beach Boardwalk. Many of the homeless have moved their tents from the Venice Beach Boardwalk to the beach.

"Welcome to the new Skid Row," can be heard from a man walking by.

Filmed on Monday, July 26, 2021.."

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A homeless man who moved to the beach two days ago pulled a gun on a homeless woman who was trying to steal his friend’s bike. Massive LAPD response during the middle of a busy Sunday, but no one is arrested.




More than a dozen Los Angeles Police Officers (L.A.P.D) detained a group of homeless young adults in handcuffs at a Venice Beach Homeless Encampment, Sunday, July 25, 2021. An 18 year old homeless man pulled a BB gun on a woman who may have been attempting to steal a bike. There was no ammunition in the BB gun. The BB gun was being used as a decoy. No one was arrested.




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SUNDAY: Search underway for a missing person in the water near the Santa Monica Pier.

MONDAY UPDATE: The search has been suspended pending further information. Land based Lifeguard Units and Lifeguard Rescue Boats will continue periodic patrols.
Here's surfing photos from Sunday, July 25th at Topanga.

This set of surf photos was shot by Six12 Media and brought to you by Xcel Wetsuits. Get 10% off Xcel Ventx Apparel and Boardshorts right now with code SUMMER10. Shop now at xcelwetsuits.com and also get free shipping with orders over $99. Coupon Code: SUMMER10 .

These are just a few of the 400+ 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 about 400 more photos from this session, all full size and in high-resolution, in these 4 photo galleries:

Topanga - Sunday 7-25-2021 - Gallery #1
Topanga - Sunday 7-25-2021 - Gallery #2
Topanga - Sunday 7-25-2021 - Gallery #3
Topanga - Sunday 7-25-2021 - Gallery #4


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 some surf photos from Sunday, July 25th at Topanga.

This set was shot from about 6:00-7:10 AM 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:

Topanga - Sunday 7-25-2021 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.




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

"This Morning at 2:30 AM, I went to Venice Beach to see how the city cleans up the homeless encampments on the Boardwalk."

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


Malibu's longtime musician and surfer Billy Wilson was found dead in his truck on Saturday, July 24. His truck was parked in the lot at Surfrider.
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