Venice Rising Weekly: Sept 15 - Sept 21

Wait, is there school on the 21st?

What LAUSD GATE test questions look like (sample questions inside)

Venice Rising Weekly: Sept 1 - Sept 7

Four-day weekend edition. Math club season, beach bacteria, and things to do Tue–Mon.

Your kid isn't scrolling anymore. They're confiding...in ChatGPT.

What LAUSD's new screen time rules missed, what other countries figured out, and the parent playbook nobody handed you.

Venice Rising Weekly: Aug 25 - Aug 31

Our kids are on the radio-ish

Venice Rising Weekly: Aug 18 - Aug 24

Say goodbye to "I'm bored" and hello to "did you finish your homework?"

What the science says about raising kids on the Westside

How kids process city realities, unhoused neighbors, and the myth of the perfect suburban lawn.

How every public school in Venice, Santa Monica, Mar Vista, Playa Vista & MDR actually scored

A neighbor-by-neighbor CAASPP breakdown for every LAUSD and SMMUSD campus, plus every public charter and magnet in the area.

Venice Rising Weekly: May 26 - June 1

back-to-school edition + why we're already talking about rain gear

The LAUSD consent form wall: what each one actually means

A plain-language guide to the 9 forms blocking Schoology, plus how they connect to the phone ban and the new screen-time policy.

The storm tax: how to beat the algorithm on this winter's rain gear

El Niño is coming. Retailers already know. Here's how to shop before their prices catch up.

Penmar Rec's Fall 2026 lineup just dropped

Sign your kid up before it fills

What does your kid's CAASPP score actually mean?

A no-BS parent guide.

Schoology in 2026: A parent's (still slightly confused) guide to LAUSD's learning hub

aka: why is it so hard to find one missing assignment?

Your kid's 5th grade state test score dropped. Here's why.

Same kid, lower number. What actually changed (hint: not them).

Beach creatures: The birds fishing in our canals

Birds of the Venice Canals & Ballona

Beach creatures 101: those weird jelly blobs on our sand

Can your kid ride Waymo alone?

Here's what West LA parents need to know

After our screens piece, some parents called us out.

For some kids, school is the only place they get near a computer.

Venice Rising Weekly

Summer mode: ON. Plus we need your help.

Be a tourist in your own backyard

No passport, no PTO, no problem.

Venice Rising Weekly: May 26 - June 1

one more week. you got this.

Where did the money go? What LAUSD’s new cuts mean for westside kids

Beneath the acronyms and slide decks, real programs and people are on the line. This is a plain language guide to what LAUSD’s new budget plan actually does, and who feels it first.

Venice Rising Weekly: May 19 - May 25

Alpha School is taking over Club Joyful for the summer. Worth the $2K/week? + your weekly events.

Checkmate, screen time

A love letter to analog play from parents who are sooo done with screen battles