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• Training fire planned for Venice Hill (Visalia Times-Delta / Tulare Advance-Register)  The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection will conduct live fire training in the area of Venice Hill, east of Ivanhoe, Wednesday and Thursday. (More...)

• Italy's Ermanno Olmi to get Golden Lion in Venice for career (AFP via Yahoo! News)   Italy's veteran director Ermanno Olmi is to be awarded a Golden Lion for his career at the Venice film festival, which runs from August 27 to September 6, festival organisers said on Saturday. (More...)

• Venice bans feeding of birds in St. Mark's Square (Dallas Morning News)  Venice has banned the feeding of pigeons in St. Mark's Square and barred vendors of grain for the birds from the area. Tourists and locals have been feeding the pigeons on the famous square for decades. (More...)

• Venice History Committee releases DVD of memories (Granite City Press-Record)  When former Venice residents Jim Jeffries and Donn Hornberger created a digital video disk on the history of the city, they wanted the viewer to experience something special. (More...)

• Fire destroys Venice Twp. barn, 2 steers (The Argus-Press)  VENICE TWP. - Lifetime farmer Don Spezia is a little emotional after a fire destroyed his barn Wednesday. (More...)

• Jacksonville Bartram Trail beats Venice 4-2 win (Miami Herald)  Molly Manning struck out 15 and allowed four hits to lead Jacksonville Bartram Trail to a 4-2 win over Venice in the Class 5A state softball final Thursday. (More...)

• Class 5A Final: Bartram Trail 4, Venice 2 (The Tampa Tribune)  PLANT CITY - Jacksonville Bartram Trail scored four runs in the bottom half of the first, then relied on the pitching of senior Molly Manning as the Bears ended Venice's undefeated season and won the 5A softball title, 4-2. (More...)

• Venice bans pigeon feeding in St. Mark's Square (International Herald Tribune)  When Venice first outlawed pigeon feeding 11 years ago, St. Mark's Square was exempted. But damage to the area's historic buildings has led to a total ban. (More...)

• VENICE MEDIA DISTRICT HOSTING SPRING MIXER (Post Magazine)  VENICE, CA - The Venice Media District ( www.venicemediadistrict.org ) will host its Spring 2008 Mixer at member company, Wit Animation, on Thursday, May 22nd. The mixer will take place from 6:00pm to 9:00pm, and is being sponsored in part by Boxx Technologies, who will be on-hand to demonstrate their new RedBoxx system. (More...)

• THE VENICE MEDIA DISTRICT HOSTS SPRING 2008 MIXER AT WIT ANIMATION (Broadcast Newsroom)  DMN Newswire--2008-5-8-- The Venice Media District will host its Spring 2008 Mixer at member company, Wit Animation , on Thursday, May 22, 2008 from 6-9 pm. (More...)