These are unsettling times in my Venice neighborhood. Strange behavior and violent crime are nothing new here, where a population of locals, tourists and transients mix in this urban beach setting. Lately, though, things have been weirder than usual. Last month, a woman who must have been out of her mind led the California Highway Patrol on a chase that ended around the corner from me when she drove her BMW SUV to the west end of Washington Boulevard and across the beach parking lot at the... Read this story
