After easily brushing off two outclassed opponents in the CIF Division 1 basketball playoffs, the Santa Monica High boys awaited their first test Tuesday night, February 23 at No. 1 seed Chino Hills. Tipoff was […]
The Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District’s School Board approved the lay-off of 92 certificated employees on February 18 due to the impact of California’s state budget crisis on the district’s budget. However, some of these […]
The first round of the CIF boys basketball playoffs didn’t figure to be troublesome for Santa Monica High. The Vikings made sure it wasn’t. Samohi, which went undefeated in the Ocean League and had the […]
The Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) released in January has found the Santa Monica’s Draft Luce and Circulation Element (DLUCE) would cause significant and unavoidable environmental impacts to the city’s air quality, noise levels, and […]
For all its beautiful weather, celebrities and culture, Los Angeles County is a sprawling urban center made largely of two kinds of people: The Haves and the Have-nots. At least that’s the conclusion the United […]
While authors on book tours are used to reading from their own works, Chris Cleave, author of Santa Monica’s 2010 CityWide Reads selection, Little Bee, shared with his audience at the Main Library the experience […]
The Santa Monica City Attorney’s Office announced that a Los Angeles Superior Court Jury in Santa Monica ruled in favor of the City of Santa Monica in a personal injury lawsuit brought by 84-year-old Beatrice […]
On March 6, 2009, at 1:45 a.m., a 2006 Dodge Magnum was set on fire in the 1100 block of 9th Street. Santa Monica Fire Department personnel responded to put out the blaze and concluded […]
In 1999 Jonas Swyer pitched a no-hitter for the Santa Monica High baseball team. A few weeks later the junior righthander pitched another one. Pro scouts and college coaches noticed. Swyer had 10 scholarship offers […]
Down there on Pacific Avenue, in Venice, just a very short “march” north of Windward Avenue, there is to be found, amongst the “struggle of the urban proletariat,” that is the canvas of the street, […]
