Yesterday a witness reported seeing two males and a female with a gun on Strongs and Driftwood. As police arrived one if the suspects threw a gun into the canals which was retrieved by LAPD.
After a search of the vehicle, three guns were found that we’re air pistols. Two looked like semi-automatic weapons and the other looked like a hand gun. They were released after getting an earful from LAPD. Because the one weapon was not used in an unlawful manner there was no crime, but they came about as close as you can to being charged. The female that was detained was visibly shaken while in handcuffs. Having simulated weapons in no joke.

LAPD was requested to move vehicles after a water main break flooded Horizon between Main and Rivera this
Morning. LADWP was out struggling with the situation starting at about 4 a.m. and at 9 a.m. had the water drained but said fixing the pipe and cleanup would still take hours.

Old Cellphones Get You Saké for 1¢ at the LifeCell Project’s Upcoming Art Auction and Sushi-Eating Event at Hama Sushi in Venice Beach. Artists and photographers, including Chase, Steve Lopez and Erik Voake

http://www.lifecellproject.org/

On October 25th, owners of broken or old cellphones can delight in an innovative art and sushi event with a life-saving twist – plus there’s hot sake on tap for a penny. The LifeCell Project, a Los Angeles-based 501(c)3, has partnered with one of Venice’s most famous Sushi bars to host an innovative fundraising event featuring cutting-edge art, great sushi and hot sake for anyone who brings in a cell phone to recycle.

“For the Saké of The World” will take place from 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm, Tuesday October 25, 2011, at Hama Sushi, 213 Windward Ave., 90291, on the famous traffic circle in Venice Beach, CA.

The event will include an art auction with pieces from some of LA’s most forward-thinking artists and photographers, including Chase, Steve Lopez and Erik Voake.

Hama Sushi is graciously hosting this event and donating 10% of all sales to the LifeCell Project, 501(c)3, as well as providing a small hot sake for just 1¢ to patrons who bring in their old cell phones to be recycled.

The LifeCell Project is a Los Angeles-based grassroots non-profit organization with a novel proposition to address two crises at once: Help save the Earth from rising piles of toxic e-waste while helping to change the lives of people with no access to clean water. The LifeCell Project is dedicated to turning unused and overlooked resources and materials, especially e-waste, into aid for humanitarian purposes.

For instance, when you donate old and broken cellphones or other small electronics, the LifeCell Project responsibly recycles them to keep harmful chemicals out of the environment and then uses the small funds collected from recycling in bulk to help buy LifeStraws – revolutionary personal and portable water filters – for people in under-developed nations who don’t have access to clean drinking water.

Two Crises
Nearly 8.9 million people on Earth don’t have access to clean drinking water and about 6,000 children die each day from water-related illness.
At the same time, in the United States, there are well over 100 million cell phones that are tossed in the trash or left sitting in drawers. According to the EPA, if we recycled all of those phones, it easily would save enough energy to power 194,000 US homes for an entire year. Now – with the LifeCell Project – old phones can also help provide a year’s-worth of clean water to those in need.

See you October 25th at Hama Sushi, 213 Windward Ave., Venice, CA, 90291 from 7pm to close. Don’t forget to bring your cell phone or other small electronic device to donate to receive a small hot sake for just 1¢.

Members of the Venice Historical Society were out repairing the damage to the gondola in Windward Circle which has suffers abuse since the “Occupy Venice” movement moved in. The circle and that area was not designed for the way it is being treated, and unfortunately the area and its items meant for the enjoyment of everyone is paying the price.

Alice, shown in the photo below has had a PO Box here for more than 20 years. She wants to keep the Post Office at the current location and is out front as part of the movement.

Show your support for preserving the Venice Post Office at its historic site in the center of Venice, and saving The Story of Venice, the great mural by artist Edward Biberman.

We will “occupy” the Post Office from 4:30 - 6pm Friday. Meet at the main entrance, 1601 Main St. This is a peaceful protest - no laws will be broken - of the US Postal Service’s decision to sell this historic WPA building that has helped give Venice its identity for the past 72 years. That decision is under appeal, but we still need to show community opposition to the sale.

If possible, please bring a home-made sign about Saving the Post Office.

Get up to speed about why the Post Office is in danger at this link: http://freevenicebeachhead.wordpress.com/category/post-office. The Beachhead has been writing about this issue since we alerted the community last April. Also, see story about the rededication of the mural in 2007: http://bit.ly/r1C4PP.

Online appeals by individuals can and must be made to the Postal Cmmission by Sunday, Oct. 23. Information on how will follow.