April
2006

#295

April 2006 Beachhead - pdf file

Download the lastest free Acrobat Reader (to read pdf files)

Read text files from this and back issues

CONTENTS

PAGE ONE

John Haag - R.I.P.

Highway to Hell - John Davis

A Freeway in your backyard - map of proposed freeway route

Immigrant Rights Defended in Big March in Los Angeles and at Venice High School - Jim Smith

Photo: Largest political march in L.A. history - Marcus

Photo: Venice High School - Jim Smith

Casualties in Iraq

PAGE TWO

Staff Box, Mission Statement, Sustainers, Subscription rates

Letters

  • GRVNC incompetence and its destructive result - Maureen Whalen
  • Misuse of Prop. O anti-pollution funds - DeDe Audet
  • Corruption in City Hall - Eva Pardo

More letters on page 10

PAGE THREE

In Brief:

  • Planning Commission Snumbs MTA/RAD Developer and Opponents - Jim Smith
  • DONE's Greg Nelson is Retired; was nemesis of old GRVNC Board
  • New bylaws, more control endorsed by GRVNC Board
  • Creative Circles Formed - Emily Winters

Tenants Organizing as Corporations Gobble Up Housing Around the World - Michael Kane

Ad: Community Tree Planting, April 29

Cartoon: Venice the Camel - Doug Eisenstark

PAGE FOUR

Growing up Latino: How Cesar Chavez Inspired A Generation - Yolanda Miranda

Photo: Immigrants - Bob Morris

Star Wars Sequel: Firestorms and Nuclear Winter from Missile Lasers - Taylor Trowbridge

from the Beachhead Archives - 35 years ago; 30 years ago, 20 years ago

Ad: Lincoln Graphics

PAGE FIVE

DEATH IN VENICE

  • No Leads in Ocean Front Wlak Murders
    • Carjacking Suspect Had Been Shot 11 Times

      Lincoln Place Tent City Report - C.V. Beck

      Photo: Lincoln Place Vigil - Jim Smith

      Ad: Spring Fling

      Ad: Oly Glory

      Ad: Market Gourmet

      Ad: Douglas Eisenstark, acupuncture and herbs

      PAGE SIX

      Planting Hope, Growing Lives - St. Joseph's Breaks Ground on New Center for the Poor, Homeless

      Photo: Groundbreaking at St. Joseph's - Mary Ann Dolcemascolo

      New Ocean Front Ordinance Redifines Free Speech, Handicrafts - Erica Snowlake

      Photo: Hand made jewelry - the latest beachfront contraband

      Ad: Venice Garden & Home Tour

      Ad: Universal Art Gallery

      PAGE SEVEN

      Growing up Latino - continued from page 4

      Art: George W Plays tic-tac-toe with the world - Jeffrey Hirsch

      Ad: The Tree House

      Ad: These Peace & Freedom candidates support you

      PAGE EIGHT

      Story of an RV Owner Caught in the Act of...Painting - Interview by Erica Snowlake

      Art: Painting by Lush

      Ad: Eviction Defense Network

      Ad: Fidelity Educational Press

      PAGE NINE

      Poetry

      • Buy Now - Rex Butters
      • Philomene - Stuart Z. Perkoff
      • Like a dream - Hillary Kaye
      • People don't understand progress until it gets in their way - Nancy McCullock
      • Going to Noodles - C.V. Beck
      • Strangers in the park - Lily Tanner

      Highway to Hell - continued from page 1

      Cartoon: Let's divide the earth up into little squares and sell them

      Ad: Dead Betty Dyes

      PAGE TEN

      More Letters

      • Remembering Verika - Sergio Trevino
      • Sex on the Beach returns - Tim Rudnick
      • New book about "Brick" Garrigues - George Garrigues
      • Ocean Front Walk Ordinance - Annette Robinson

      Art: Verika - Erica Snowlake

      Ad: Anaswara

      PAGE ELEVEN

      Calendar

      Ad: Martin Luther King/Cesar Chavez event at Oakwood Park

      Ad: Circle of Peace - Saturdays at Noon

      PAGE TWELVE

      Art: Head on the Beach - Emily Winters

      April Fools Beachhead

      • Bizarro Venice News - Chas. Keating
      • Venice city council declares eminent domain at Lincoln Place
      • Wal-Mart Acquires California in Hostile Takeover
      • Renters to be added to "No Overnight Camping" prohibition

      Feedback:

      Beachhead@freevenice.org