Dear Editor, The letter by Stewart Resmer [Santa Monica Mirror April 1-7, 2010] is misleading in its reference to the use of the inverted US flag. The US Flag Code says the flag should never […]

Someone I consider to be very wise once asked me exactly what my problem was with expensive restaurants. I explained that, for me personally, there was a conflict in stuffing one’s self with high-end restaurant […]

The stars of this show aren’t quite household names yet. But, if you go on the Theodore Payne Garden Tour this weekend, you just might come home lauding the Pacific Coast Iris, the California Poppy, […]

Cocaine. Wednesday, March 31, 4:30 p.m. Narcotics officers went to the 1100 block 12th Street in search of some drugs, and when they arrived they searched, courtesy of a warrant, and discovered half an ounce […]

Malek Abdul-Mansour, who coached the Crossroads girls’ basketball team the last two years, won’t return next season. “We came to a parting of the ways and my contract wasn’t renewed,” he said. Abdul-Mansour arrived the […]

Several former baseball stars from high schools in Santa Monica are doing well at West Los Angeles. This is the third year of baseball at West LA following a 21-year absence. Jose Campos, playing third […]

In an exhibition game Saturday, the Dodgers were leading the Angels, 3-1 in the third inning with 12-game winner Chad Billingsley doing the pitching. Before the inning ended Billingsley had hit a wild streak, given […]

It is very early in the baseball season, too early to draw conclusions from the games played so far. But Crossroads co-coach Pat Armstrong wonders what might be possible following a 6-1 start accomplished without […]