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2010

#339

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CONTENTS

PAGE ONE

A Senseless Murder in Venice

  • Photo by Krista Schwimmer
  • Lighting a Candle for Eun Kang - Krista Schwimmer

A Report From Our Correspondent at the Copenhagen Climate Conference - Ron Ridenour

949 U.S. Casualties in Afghanistan - 21 this month
4,371 U.S. Casualties in Iraq - 4 this month; 1,366,350 Iraqi Dead;
Cost of Iraq and Afghanistan wars: $949+ billion

PAGE TWO

Staff Box, Mission Statement, Sustainers, Subscription rates

Letters

  • Gasoline-powered Leaf Blowers - C.V. Beck
  • Born in Venice - April Newman
  • Parking in Venice - Cynthia Fenton
  • Another pedestrian hit on Lincoln Blvd.- Rebecca Alter
  • Comment by Yunus Ghausi, L.A. Dept. of Transportation.
  • Response from Beachhead
  • Remembering Steve Richmond - Linda Schram-Williams

PAGE THREE

Preparations Begin For The Venice Neighborhood Council Elections - Marc Saltzberg

    What would Saint Joseph do? - Susie Snakebite

    The Venice Beat - Jim Smith

    PAGE FOUR

    Beachhead Celebrates 41st Anniversary - Greta Cobar

    Copenhagen Climate Conference - continued

    Ad: ORGANICA - Organically Grown Medical Marijuana Collective & Delivery

    PAGE FIVE

    Lighting A Candle For Eun Kang - continued

    • Photo by Krista Schwimmer

    20 Tips For Residential Security - Tino Struckmann

    I awakened to a knife at my throat - Yolanda Miranda

    PAGE SIX

    Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday

    Avatar - The Film - Review by Jim Smith

    Ad: 100 for the Beachhead

    Ad: Mystic Journey Bookstore

    PAGE SEVEN

    Going to War for Women - Krista Schwimmer

    Ad: Mission Accomplished

    Ad: J's Kitchen

    PAGE EIGHT

    Swami X Speaks

    • Photo by Lance Diskan

    The Decade From Hell - Jack Neworth

    From the Beachhead Archives: Call Someplace Paradise, Kiss It Goodbye

      PAGE NINE

      Poetry

      • inside the Talking Stick - R.F. Wagner, Jr.
      • Meet and Greek - Justin Harder
      • Yoko - Mary Getlein
      • My Sister, The Painter (for Pegarty Long) - Philomene Long
      • A Dying Wish - N. Keryakos
      • Escalation - Jim Smith

      Nobody leaves Venice - Art by Robert Farrington

      Ad: Just Tantau

      PAGE TEN

      From the Beachhead Archives: CRUD Conspiracy - Jan. 1970, #12

      Copenhagen Climate Conference - continued

      Political Graphic on the environment by Khalil Bendib

      PAGE ELEVEN

      Calendar

      Copenhagen Climate Conference - concluded

      Ad: LA Surf and Swim

      PAGE TWELVE

      2009 - The Venice Year In Review

      • Permit Parking Victory - YoVenice

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