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A GoFundMe has been set up for the Mar Vista lady whose house was destroyed when that horrible person, actress Anne Heche speed away from one hit-n-run and crashed into the house setting it on fire..



Help Lynne Mishele after Devastating Fire Loss

Lynne lives with her beautiful pups Bree and Rueban, and tortoise Marley in the Mar Vista home that was destroyed this week by a car driving into the home at a high rate of speed, catching the house on fire. Lynne and her family very narrowly escaped physical harm, and for that we are very, very grateful. The home, however, was completely burned - with 59 firefighters taking 65 minutes to extinguish the flames - and immediately red-tagged by the LAFD, necessitating that Lynne leave the place she loves. Even more distressing is that Lynne lost her entire lifetime of possessions, mementos, all equipment for her business including her laptop and iPad, all of her clothing and basic necessities, and all household items. With firefighters' help, she was able to pull a few damaged sentimental belongings from the wreckage. Everything else is gone. *images below*

A kind and generous person, Lynne is always first to offer help to others. Today we are asking the community to come together and help Lynne start over. Please, please join us - 100% of the proceeds from this fundraiser are going directly to Lynne Mishele.










From Santa Monica Close Up:

"Skateboarder jumps over a car at the Venice Skate Park on Friday, August 5, 2022. The interactive Art instalation was installed by DFACE. DFACE is an English multimedia street artist who uses spray paint, stickers, posters, and stencils."

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Photo by @VeniceIntel.


Here's surfing photos from Saturday, August 6th at Venice.

This set of surf photos was shot by Six12 Media and brought to you by Hulu.

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.







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You can find about 100 more photos from this session, all full size and in high-resolution, in thii photo gallery:

Venice Breakwater - Saturday 8-6-2022 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.

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The Unity Skate Championship will be held Saturday, August 20, 2022 starting at 1pm at Stoner Skate Plaza – 1835 Stoner Ave. Los Angeles, CA. 90025

This Malibu tradition brings amazing food and entertainment fea­turing some of your all-time favorite local restaurants, businesses, artisans, and DJ performances!



For more info and to sign up for the contest, Click Here.

Check out photos from the previous contest, Click Here.


On Friday at around 6:45AM, a person was seen walking in and out of traffic near the corner of Lincoln and Venice. According to a witness, vehicles were able to avoid hitting the person, but one eventuslly struck the person, fatally.

The person is still unidentified​, and no other info is yet avaliable.

Photo via @VeniceIntel


On Friday, actress Anne Heche was driving around the Venice/Mar Vista area like a maniac, according to witnesses.



First, she wrecked her Mini Cooper into the garage of an apartment complex, then drove off like a bat outta hell when the residents all came out to get her.



She then speed down the residential streets at a high rate of speed (which was captured by security cameras).



And eventually crashes into a house (1802 S Walgrove). The crash caused a fire to ignite, burning up her car sand the home.



Firefighters arrived and put out the fire, as the paramedics pull the unconscious and burned up actress out of her burning car.



As they are about to put her into the ambulance, she comes to and tries to flee again.



The police said Anne "suffered burns in the fire" and her clothing and hair was "charred".

The lady who lives in the house was not hurt in the crash and fire.




Photos via Backgrid and TMZ

Photo via _Erindera_

This is the Ocean Park lot, near Tower 26. Three tiny watermelons on the vine


SATURDAY | Venice Beach Boardwalk | 12-7PM

The eexact spot on the boardwalk was not given by the WhereisPatientNumber9.com people, but the huge inflatable Ozzy shouldbe easy to spot:



(Not much) More info at WhereisPatientNumber9.com