Around 6 a.m. on Monday a call came over the LAPD scanner saying that a tourist couple saw a dead body face down in the sand. Unfamiliar with the area, they just said it was in the sand by the bike path between Washington and Venice. At that time of day, no beach sand equipped units are on, only patrol cars… so I rode my bike to the Lifeguard tower to tell the guys who operate the sand kings to be aware of a possible body in the sand. The one guy said he had just done a run from Washington to Venice and didn’t see anything.
As I rode my bike back towards the pier… this guy was sitting in the middle of the bike path, with a full bottle of vodka at his side. He had just been woken up from sleeping, face down in the sand. After our conversation he informed me that he loves Venice. He said in Santa Monica, the police don’t tolerate letting you sleep wherever you want, but in Venice nobody cares. By the way… Gary was awesome. Very funny, very honest. Super nice guy.
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