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A resident of Venice, Los Angeles, for the past 15 years, US photographer Karen Ballard has documented the transformation of the Californian coastal town from holiday resort to artistic hub and, increasingly, a site of homelessness. She tells RFI about the resulting images, recently shown in France.

1965 marks the 60th anniversary of Ray Manzarek and Jim Morrison's first encounter at Venice Beach

LOS ANGELES — In the fall of 1982, Jean-Michel Basquiat was living at art dealer Larry Gagosian's Venice Beach home, making swarms of new paintings in his private wing of the house. Gagosian had been "electrified" by the 21-year-old artist's work at New York's Annina Nosei Gallery about a year…

When Pink Floyd came to stay at Alice Cooper's house in Venice Beach in 1968, Syd Barrett was in "a different headspace" Cooper recalls

The golden sands of Byron Bay in Australia, Venice Beach in California, and El Nido in Palawan, Philippines are among a list of the most beautiful beaches in the world

Christian Kath and his family had moved to St Petersburg, Florida , US, where their youngest daughter, Harper, was at a sleepover at a friend's home when the aircraft crashed off the coast of Venice Beach

Shaun Bryne was visiting Venice Beach, Los Angeles, when he and a friend became involved in a dispute with two men outside a bar.

The two men, both from Liverpool, were shot in the Venice Beach area in the early hours of July 30 - Los Angeles Police Department released CCTV in hopes of finding Brandon Manyo Dixon

The LAPD are hunting for a fugitive believed to have opened fire after a row outside a Venice Beach bar