Snap rankles Venice neighbours opposed to beachfront expansion


  • TECH
  • Friday, 24 Feb 2017

Snap is preparing to move into several buildings at the Santa Monica, Calif., Airport complex. (Glenn Koenig/ Los Angeles Times/TNS)

In November, a bee colony disappeared from a tree in Los Angeles’ Venice neighbourhood. The knot holes around the hive, near the intersection of Cabrillo and Westminster and about five blocks from the ocean, had been sealed up with cement. 

Residents of the historic beach area soon discovered that Snap Inc, which rents a building nearby, was responsible for the bees’ removal. The act seemed to confirm their worst suspicions about their corporate neighbour: These were bad people. 

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