70' Boat Beached At Playa Del Rey

This 70-foot cabin cruiser went aground back on February 27. According to reports, the captain awoke in the middle of the night to find that he was dragging anchor. He was unable to get the engine started and the rough seas that night sent the boat onto the beach. Luckily missing the rocks. Everyone was able to get off the boat, unfortunately, not much was able to be done for the boat since. It has been sitting here in sand getting destroyed more and more everyday by the waves and by vandals.

The owner is need of help to remove his boat from the beach, this is from a donation site he has set up: "My name is Cosmo, I am 49 years old, and for the past five years have been battling congestive heart failure.I am disabled on a fixed income.The "Angelique" was our pension , our retirement, and our life savings all in one basket. She was our past our present and our future. Not to mention our pride and joy.Due to the response of my insurance company. I have no choice but to reach out to the public for assistance.Your contributions will help me remove the "Angelique" to her final resting place and restore the beach to its original state. Please I need your help to complete this task, Beaches and Harbors will invoice me triple the cost and it will take the rest of my life to pay thier amount.We lost everything, and durring the nights of our recovery what personal belongings which were salvageable went to the looters. I.hope it helped their families.I have three boys, thier rooms were ransacked,everything a young boy values was taken.My only goal is to return our Beach in the way I found it. Thank You"

Venice Skatepark Sunsets

Just a few shots of the sunsets at the Venice Skatepark.

 Check out tons more Venice Skatepark photos:  Venice Skatepark Galleries

Surfing the biggest waves to hit Venice Beach in years

The first weekend of March 2014 brought a huge winter storm to California, and with it came some huge waves to it's beaches.   Many locals describing them as the biggest waves in years.

 Check out tons more photos:  Surfing Gallery

Allen Sarlo surfing Venice Breakwater

   The storm brought Venice Beach saw some huge waves this weekend. Allen Sarlo was among the few out on Saturday surfing the Breakwater.

Check out more of the Venice Breakwater surfing photos from Saturday:   Venice Surfing Gallery - Saturday 3-1-2014

Video: Venice Breakwater Surfing - January 2014

This was shot during the last two weeks of January when the swell hit Venice Beach. Edited together in the style of those classic 90's skate videos from H-Street, Santa Cruz, etc...just like those videos, this one was shot with different types of cameras.   Also shot a ton of photos from these days, check them out at Random Days At Random Surf Spots Surfing Galleries

Sand Art On Venice Beach

 Sand sculpture artist Larry Dudock was out early on the Breakwater Tuesday morning. Larry usually does 3-Dimensional sand sculptures, but was out this morning creating a Two- Dimensional abstract image on the sand.  Using a just normal rake, he created this large image.  "Two-Dimensional Sand Design Experiment #1" is what he called it.

More photos of Larry's sand art, and the surfing going on in the water: Venice Surfing gallery - Tuesday 2-42014

LAPD Bomb Squad Detonates "Suspicious Package" in Venice Beach

Around 5 PM on Tuesday, February 4, 2014, LAPD responded to a report of a "suspicious package" that was abandoned in a brick planter outside a condo complex on the 3100 block of Speedway (near Anchorage St). It was described as "a device with a lot of ball bearings attached to it".  The Bomb Squad was called in, and around 8 PM, they sent in their robot to detonate the device. The device ended up being just a discard car part.