Main Street Closed in the Morning, VNC in Brief

We have a new State Senator-elect this morning. Front runner and former Assemblyman Ted Lieu won in a landslide in Tuesday's special election. For Patch's full coverage (including the more than a million dollar bill California footed for the race), go .

Southbound Main Street will be closed from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. for the movie biz on Wednesday, so plan to go around. Despite rumors to the contrary, the crew is not working on The Big Lebowski 2. Unfortunately.

The Venice Neighborhood Council met Tuesday night. They voted to sign on the Westside Regional Alliance of Councils motion to ask City Council to reconsider the so-called P-3 plan, which would lease city-owned parking structures to private enterprise for the next 50 years. Mayor Villaraigosa is .

The VNC also unanimously supported (with two abstentions) a request for approval of a beer and wine license for a yet-to-open restaurant at 523 Rose Ave. The 14-seat restaurant is being opened by Venice Beach Wines owner Oscar Hermosillo, with a partner.

At 9:30 a.m., it was reportedly raining on Venice Beach, but the sun was peaking through the clouds, and no precipitation was coming down. Look for more scattered showers Wednesday during the day, with partly sunny skies Thursday and only a 30 percent chance of rain.