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Venice Boardwalk Curfew
Venice Beach one of Southern California's major attractions, but many of its residents don't even feel safe at night. Now the LAPD is enforcing a midnight-5am curfew.
By Warren Olney • • 51m ListenSixteen million people a year people make Venice Beach one of Southern California's major attractions. But residents aren't happy about homeless sleepovers or partying in the wee hours. Lately, a lot of them don't even feel safe. Now the LAPD is enforcing a curfew from midnight to 5am. Is it really necessary or will it spoiling the liberated atmosphere that makes Venice Beach Venice Beach? Also, The Shahs of Sunset, a new reality show that's controversial before it's even gone on the air. Does it project a good image of Iranian-Americans in Beverly Hills, or is it a nightmare of stereotypes made real? On our rebroadcast of today's To the Point, did the President break a promise on medical marijuana?
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In this episode
3 storiesWalking at Night on the Venice Beach Boardwalk, a Crime?
A curfew has been the law on Venice Beach since 1989, but the Los Angeles Police Department has never enforced it on the Boardwalk. Now, in response to neighborhood complaints, it's in effect from midnight to 5am. Curfew enforcement was approved by a committee of the Venice Neighborhood Council and Councilman Bill Rosendahl.
Read the story15 minLA's Iranian Community Gets a Reality TV Show
Ryan Seacrest is producing what sounds like another Kardashian spin-off for Bravo. The Shahs of Sunset won't air until March 11, but it's already making waves among Iranian-Americans. On Iranian radio and in print, some describe a kind of Iranian coming-out as "real Americans," while others as an airing of ugly stereotypes.
Read the story10 minHas President Obama Declared War on Medical Marijuana?
Federal law bans all marijuana but, in 16 states and Washington, DC , it's legal as medicine. As a candidate, Barack Obama said he would not "circumvent state law," and his administration discontinued the high-profile raids of the Bush years.
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