Despite crowds, some businesses on the Venice Beach Boardwalk say inflation and the end of stimulus checks mean summer visitors aren’t spending like they used to. When the Dust Bowl sent thousands fleeing to California, LA’s police chief deployed armed officers to the border to keep them out. Author Bill Lascher discusses this little-known piece of history. “Unprotected” is a new virtual art show at Epoch gallery, where a collection of artists are responding to the Supreme Court’s decision that overturned Roe v. Wade.