Man Wielding Machete Holes Up on Rose Avenue in Venice

A man wielding a machete holed himself up in a house on the 800 block of Rose Avenue in Venice on Thursday night until police were able to coax him out, authorities said.The man was "seriously drunk" during the incident that started about 10 p.m. and continued with a police helicopter overhead until about 11:30 ... Continue reading at venice.patch.com.