This Saturday morning, December 10, the 34th Annual Santa Monica-Venice Christmas Run will close down certain areas of Venice streets. The event coordinators passed along the following info regarding what will be closed and when:

We use a “Rolling Closure” technique for the course streets through
the Venice community. With the assistance of the LA Dept. of
Transportation (DOT) officers, some cars will be allowed to exit
certain areas before and between the hours of 6 am to 10 am. (only if
the DOT officers determine it to be safe to allow a vehicle passage)

These streets with some flexibility are:

– Navy Street, from the Boardwalk, east to Pacific Ave. = Open before
6:30 am closed at 6:30 am. Open after 10 am for the rest of the day.
– Pacific Ave. from Navy Street to South Venice Blvd. = Open to cross
over only, before 6:30 am and again open at 8:15 am to 8:30 am to
cross over only. Open at 9:30 am for cross-over only.
– So. Venice Blvd. from the Venice Boardwalk to Lincoln Blvd.
(Eastbound traffic) = Open until 6:30 am and open again at 10 am for
the rest of the day. (Cars can park on North Venice (Closed only
westbound at Pacific) or on side streets South of So. Venice Blvd.
– Abbott Kinney Blvd. from So. Venice Blvd. to Washington Blvd. = open
until 6:30 am and closed until 9:30 am. Park on side streets, N/E or
S/W of Abbott Kinney to exit at any time during the run.

Santa Monica-Venice Christmas Run info flyer (483kb PDF)