Venice

A 20-year-old from Central California was killed after he was shot and crashed his vehicle into a building in Venice late Tuesday morning, officials said.

The program promises all residents who accept shelter a pathway to permanent housing in an effort to clear the Venice boardwalk, where a large encampment developed during the pandemic.

According to Sheriff Alex Villanueva, Los Angeles County has half of the state's entire homeless population.

Skeletal remains have been found in the Ballona Wetlands as authorities were searching for Kolby Story, 32, who went missing in December on her way home from Venice, but she never made it home.

Sanitation workers were expected to arrive in Venice Friday morning to clear a portion of the Venice boardwalk as the deadline arrives for unhoused residents to accept offers of housing and shelter or leave the area.

Sanitation workers took to the streets Friday to clean a portion of the Venice Boardwalk where a large homeless encampment developed during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

A video posted online Friday appears to show a homeless man being attacked in Venice by an unidentified man and woman as he sits on the ground near the boardwalk – while other people walk past without intervening.

Police sought the public’s help identifying the person who shot at a young couple in Venice early Monday morning. The car-to-car shooing crash left an 18-year-old man dead and a woman wounded, police said.

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti publicly toured Venice on Tuesday amid an ongoing political battle about how to best address the homeless crisis plaguing the beachside community.

The latest effort to combat the homelessness crisis along the Venice Beach Boardwalk comes amid an ongoing political feud between LA City Councilman Mike Bonin and LA County Sheriff Alex Villanueva.

Sheriff Villanueva said a letter was sent this morning to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors urging them to declare a local state of emergency in order to address the homeless crisis.

The Los Angeles City Council Wedneday delayed a vote to fund Councilman Mike Bonin's initiative to offer all people living in encampments along Ocean Front Walk in Venice a pathway to permanent housing.

Starting next week, Los Angeles Councilmember Mike Bonin announced he is launching a "major effort to confront the homelessness crisis at Venice Beach" that he said will "fully reopen the park and beach for general public use."