News of Venice, CA and Marina del Rey CA
Someone called in around 6 am Saturday morning saying they were going to jump off the end of the Venice Pier.
Police responded with squad cars and a helicopter. County fire department responded with two fire boats. Search was called off.
Members of the “Restore Venice Coalition,” headed by Kenneth Marek, did their own survey of the “Great Street” businesses in Mar Vista.
Their survey of 55 businesses showed that 82 percent were opposed to the lane reduction while 9 percent were in favor and 9 percent did not care.
Note that one of the purposes of the “Great Streets” program is to increase business income because the program slows down traffic and produces a “small town effect in a big town.” If the businesses are not happy and go out of business or leave because of lack of business, there is no longer a “Great Street.”
Kenneth Marek, on behalf of the Restore Venice Coalition, presented the motion last night at the Mar Vista Neighborhood Council to restore Venice Blvd to three lanes each way. The council had only three members who voted for the motion. This meant that the configuration would remain the same to complete a one- or two-year trial.
Here is his letter to the MVCC Board members,
Annual Pancake Breakfast at Venice Fire House, 1930 Shell Ave, Saturday, 14 May from 8 am to noon.
Fire trucks left the scene at noon Thursday. Investigations continued with the Justice Department. When people will be able to get back into their storage units is still unknown.
One representative from the Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms of US Justice Department said it would probably be couple more days before they would be finished.
Talking with Jeff, who was sent by Extra Storage Space from Cerritos to help the manager of the facility, it didn’t seem like it would be much longer. Probably, Monday according to Jeff and all tenants would be notified by email.
Seven Gerard, fireman and paramedic, said that fire with a steel roof and cement floor was about as tough a fire as they come. “Water on the floor was boiling,” Gerard said. “That’s how hot it was. It took 14 hours to put it out and they haven’t had any incidents since.”