Quantcast
Channel: Oakwood – Free Venice Beachhead
Browsing all 26 articles
Browse latest View live

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

The Tabor Family

The Tabors, one of the founding families of Venice had a reunion was held at the Pacific Residents Theater, March 2. It was conceived and produced by Maryjane and included family photos, documents and...

View Article



Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Vera Davis Center Faces Uncertain Future

Community organizations that service low income residents in Oakwood from offices in the Vera Davis McClendon Youth and Family Center at 610 California Avenue are worried that they are about to lose...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Community Pressure to Save Vera Davis Center Services Intensifies

By Roger Linnett The reassignment of the Vera Davis Center to the auspices of the L.A. Cultural Affairs Department is proceeding apace despite the hue and cry of Venice residents that both use and...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Community Pressure Saves Vera Davis Center

By Roger Linnett The City tried to push one past the Oakwood Community, and the Community pushed back. The result is that the city’s “done deal” of turning the social service center into an art gallery...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Oakwood Barbecue Draws Hundreds

By Roger Linnett The 5th Annual Venice Community BBQ and Picnic held at Oakwood Park July 16 was acclaimed a rousing success by all who attended. In addition to tons of great food and equally tasty...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Vera Davis Center Offers Services, Needs Help

By Greta Cobar The Venice community won the legal battle to allow social services to continue being provided out of the Vera Davis. However, operating budgets have been slashed significantly by the...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Benches and Tables to Remain at Oakwood Park; New Fitness Stations? Maybe

By Anne Alvarez Fitness stations versus park benches was the most important item on the Oakwood Park Advisory Board’s agenda, Nov. 1, and quite clearly what drove Venice locals to come out and make...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Day of Remembrance to Honor Oakwood Deceased

Every year  on Memorial Day, we remember the dead and wounded of the wars our country has fought against other countries. The H.E.L.P.E.R Foundation invites everyone, on June 15 and 16, to remember the...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Skateboarding is Not a Crime

By CJ Gronner There was a rally August 22 for Ronald Weekley, Jr., the kid that was beaten by police August 18th for skateboarding on the wrong side of the street. In Venice, California. That alone...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Skateboarding While Black

By Ronald McKinley While skateboarding home on a nice, warm summer afternoon, Ronald Weekley, Jr. was beaten and then arrested by LAPD. Not beaten and arrested; there is a difference. The charge was...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Big Boss Man vs the Indigent Children

Political Cartoon by Khalil Bendib By Eric Ahlberg Get a job. Nothing seems to disturb the gentrifiers of Venice like unemployed youth hanging out on their block. Why can’t they just get a job like us...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Community Calendar

Saturday, August 1 7pm Marina Del Rey Summer Concerts Pop Saturdays. Burton Chase Park, Marina Del Rey CA 8:00 PM Vicky Hamilton & Frank Ferrante Appetite For Dysfunction shares VICKY HAMILTON’s...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Venice LOVE Report: Gentrifuckation

Gentrifuckation, An Overview: The last beachside community of color in the State of California. Yeah, whom are we going to charge for their crimes? It is a well known fact in town, the Venice Wrecking...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

FREE BEER

By now, everybody’s heard about the recent election of some new members of the Venice Neighborhood Council. Everyone’s been told that Venice’s election had the biggest turnout of any neighborhood and...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Ghost Town Wows Venice

Thousands of neighbors and families came out to Oakwood Park to see this extraordinary play last month. The neighborhood was buzzing with anticipation after seeing the large and very technical stage...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Black Legacies Of Venice Ignored: City Letting Historic Irvin Tabor Family...

Venice community members met in front of the historic early home of the Irvin Tabor family to protest the destruction of this home through negligence by the city. This property, purchased in 1916, by...

View Article

Venice Black History is in the Oakwood Church

By Jon Wolff The following is from a recent conversation with Venice Elder, Joe Washington who was a member of the First Baptist Church on Westminster Avenue and 7th Avenue in Oakwood in the heart of...

View Article


YOUR VENICE HISTORY UPDATE

By Jon Wolff,  photos by Margaret Molloy Click to view slideshow. The West Los Angeles Planning Commission met on August 15, 2018 to hear an appeal from Venice activists to oppose a proposal to convert...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

THE FIGHT FOR THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF VENICE RAGES ON -conversations with...

By Jon Wolff The following is from conversations with Venice Activist Laddie Williams, Venice Elder Jataun Valentine, and Dr. Naomi Nightingale about the recent staff report from the Office of...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

AFRICAN AMERICANS DECLARED EMANCIPATED – AGAIN

By Naomi Nightingale – Social Justice Activist, Save Venice Community Organization. Celebrated by many African Americans since June 19, 1865, Juneteenth began in Texas as the day the news was...

View Article
Browsing all 26 articles
Browse latest View live




Latest Images