The storms that rolled through Southern California this week shook Santa Monica with winds, torrential rains, hail, lightning, booming thunder, toppled trees and even sparked an electrical fire. And although meteorologists are predicting a sunnier […]

The Ocean League boys basketball race is especially interesting this season because of quality and parity. In contrast to some years when there was a big difference in talent among the first three teams and […]

California’s unprecedented state budget crisis has caused the School District to look at making significant cuts to its programs but for now the School Board has decided to retain most of its Intensive Intervention Summer […]

This story accompanied SANTA MONICA LEADERSHIP IN TRANSITION as a sidebar. The main story can be accessed by clicking on the title blue. When Santa Monica Fire Chief Jim Hone retires at the end of […]

When John McMullen was inducted into the Santa Monica College Sports Hall of Fame Saturday he joined an elite group of honorees. Previous inductees include Olympic gold medalist and retired SMC professor Tommie Smith, four-time […]

I went to Pauley Pavilion Saturday night expecting to see a competitive basketball game between UCLA and USC. The game was a dud as the Bruins suffered their worst loss to the Trojans in more […]

This is shaping up as one of the most exciting and most memorable seasons in the history of Santa Monica High girls basketball. A 59-51 victory over defending Ocean League champion Inglewood before a capacity […]

Editor-at-Large In this age of Facebook, Twitter, and texting, where the English language has been reduced to grunts and groans and fractured grammar, Noel Coward has come to the rescue, at least for an extremely […]