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Los Angeles privatized its film permit office in 1995 to cut red tape. What it built instead was a revenue machine for LAPD. When the Baywatch reboot showed up at

The Mar Vista Community Council is soliciting public feedback on a proposed mural at the north side of the Venice Boulevard/405 Freeway underpass. The survey closes today, Friday, at noon.

Mar Vista has a new literary hub, and judging by opening weekend, the neighborhood has been waiting for it. Good Girl Books, a women-owned independent bookstore and café, opened its

Republished from Faith Myhra’s Substack. Subscribe here! How Writers Guild Staff Union is Standing Strong Amid Management’s Divisive Narratives The staff who work for the Writers Guild of America West

Republished from Carter Moon’s Substack. Subscribe here! Why do Americans love fantasizing about the end of the world so much? Last Sunday I was walking through the jam-packed Brentwood farmer’s

At the recent Westside Regional Alliance of Councils (“WRAC”) debate featuring Council District 11 candidates Faizah Malik, Jeremy Wineberg and Traci Park, the Venice Neighborhood Council posed a question that

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