A couple of dudes punked Venice Beach by planting a fake treasure chest under the cover of night and returning the next day pretending to strike gold. It looks like they got they got the crowd pretty good. more ›

Venice Beach will get a zip line by July 1. more ›

Los Angeles tech startups get five minutes to pitch their business idea to investors at today's LA Demo Day event in Santa Monica. (Think ABC's "Shark Tank," but with apps instead of baked goods or baby gadgets.) more ›

Freestyle motocross riders performed high-flying stunts at the Venice Beach Boardwalk today. more ›

If all goes according to city officials' plans, come this summer you'll be able to zip line your way over Venice Beach. The proposed zip line would be strung between the northern edge of Windward Plaza and the southern edge -- basically, between Sidewalk Café and the basketball courts, according to Yo! Venice. It would be about 750 feet long. more ›

Venice Beach residents living near Rose Ave. are losing their patience with the influx of homeless encampments concentrated around Third Ave., which some have dubbed Skid Rose. more ›

A controversial plan to erect a 175-foot Ferris wheel on Venice Beach has been scrapped, reports Venice Patch, and it was the City of L.A. that pulled the plug. more ›

Bike Nation will be bringing 4,000 bikes to 400 kiosks around downtown, Hollywood, Playa del Rey, Westwood and Venice Beach over the next two years. more ›

California is rife with sexy people, notably here in Los Angeles (whether attractiveness is natural or surgically enhanced is sometimes debatable). So it makes perfect sense that the Golden State houses 8 of the top 10 cities in America that "value sex most." It makes even more sense that the top 6 are all located in L.A. more ›

The Santa Monica Pier's Ferris wheel of Pacific Park serves as an iconic image of L.A. beaches, boasting solar-powered features and 160,000 LED lights that can be seen from various points along the coast. So why not build the wheel a nearby friend in, say, Venice? more ›

Today is International Condom Day, and no better day to kick off the Condom Nation tour, as an 18-wheeler departs on a six-month-long 20 state tour to distribute millions of free condoms. more ›

A new ordinance favored by L.A. City Council on Tuesday may force many Venice Beach boardwalk vendors to move their goods elsewhere. Council unanimously approved a measure prohibiting commercial vending along the west side of Ocean Front Walk in a 12-0 vote. more ›

Occupy LA protesters craving the salty sea air and bohemian spirit may be headed west to Venice Beach. A handwritten flyer taped over the prominent "Federal Reserve Bank" mural at Occupy LA reads, "PLAN B: Occupy Venice Beach!" more ›

How did two bodies end up in the waters off SoCal's coast within a 24-hour-period? Two separate cases are under investigation in two counties.The first incident involves the body of 32-year-old Sarah Overholser of Oxnard, whose body was removed from the waters at Point Mugu State Park in Ventura County. more ›

Skateboarding legend Tony Hawk, along with three generations of skateboard pros and regular skaters, graced Venice Beach on Saturday, October 22, to show SoCal how it's done in Sonic Generations of Skate. more ›

They're cute, and they seem almost downright cuddly, but sea lions can be vicious. An elderly couple out for a swim off Venice Beach Thursday evening found themselves the victims of an attack by a sea lion, reports KTLA. more ›

"Boobies are for babies!" cries out a bare bellied, and bare chested, expectant mother amid a small crowd of her topless sisters. It is Venice Beach, on a sunny Sunday, and the cause is laid out for all to see: Women should be allowed to go topless, just like men. This is the annual Go Topless Day protest, march, and gathering. more ›

As if Topless Day isn't enough for Venice Beach this Sunday, the bohemian shoreline will host the fifth annual Supergirl Jam. Two female-centric events, both boasting the spirit of feminism and girl power, will take over the land. However, only one group will bare all. We're fairly certain the athletes will remain fully clothed. more ›

August 3 marked a sad day for sea lions and animal rights groups. An injured adult female sea lion - shot three times - washed up on the Venice Beach shore, bleeding profusely and dead. more ›

Going out in Venice tonight, ladies? Guard your drinks. Over the last month, two separate incidents have been reported by three different women involve being "roofied" at local Venice bars, as reported by Yo! Venice. more ›

Jim Morrison, the leather-pantsed lizard king of Venice Beach and lead singer of The Doors died this day in 1971 in Paris, France. The Doors, though perfectly audible and resonant the world over, sound just a little clearer when played within limits of Los Angeles. more ›

As skateboarders turned out in droves for "Wild in the Streets," an event put on by clothing and shoe company Emerica, cops were at the ready to ticket mischievous skaters, should there be any. And indeed, there were. KABC reports that, "Skateboarders blocked streets, congested traffic and hung onto cars...Dozens of citations were issued. Some of the skaters were handcuffed, but there were no arrests made and no vandalism was reported." more ›

SoCal officers are are cracking down on Venice Beach in an effort to set a tone of "public order" following a recent series of violent incidents including a boardwalk shooting during a flash mob and a stabbing at a drum circle, reports the Associated Press. more ›

As gas prices keep rising and pollution levels are at their worst (congrats again to greater Los Angeles for having the lousiest air quality in the U.S. according to the American Lung Association) it’s time to get out of your car and get back on a bike. What better way to spend a Saturday then by the beach and on a cruiser in the name of something good--beer and bikes good. more ›

A body was discovered floating in the main Venice canal this morning, reports KTLA. According to LA Now, firefighters, police and lifeguards are working to recover a corpse of male in his 20s or 30s found near at the 2300 block of Grand Canal Court. LAPD homicide detectives are investigating on the scene. more ›

A sand replenishment project has been approved for Venice Beach, which means the eroded landscape will soon get a $1.6 million boost in the form of 30,000 cubic yards of sand, according to CBS. more ›

The Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Triathlon is tomorrow, which means that once participants get out of the water at Venice Beach, they'll be hitting the streets on bike and foot to complete the race that will take them from the West side to Downtown's L.A. Live. more ›

Venice is an internationally known Los Angeles neighborhood and it's in part thanks to artists who helped make the area so eclectic. But hit Ocean Front Walk today and you won't see too much art, it's more of atmosphere made up of muscles and freaks and everything between. more ›