At The Movies: INVICTUS-3 stars: The Unconquerable Movie
Clint Eastwood knows how to make a classically crafted film and in the last few years he has perfected his sense of timing. We are in the midst of award season and again Eastwood is […]
Support Your Local Author:
Whether one prefers Kindle or a real tome between hard covers, a book makes a great holiday gift. This year, why not give a book by a local author? Here are a few literary offerings […]
SMPD Foils Murder Plot:
A man was arrested at his Ocean Park home on Wednesday morning, December 16, for soliciting the murder of a former business associate. “Investigators of the Santa Monica Police Department were able to foil the […]
Winter Solstice:
Artist Baile Oakes’ 1991 Palisades Park installation, “Gestation III,” aligns visually with the Northern Hemisphere’s winter solstice sunset which this year will be on Monday, December 21. Thereafter days will begin lengthening, “marking the return […]
Sarabia To Be Next Venice Quarterback:
Venice High will have to do without Alfonso Medina at quarterback next season. Medina was all-Western League in his junior and senior years and a leader of a Gondolier football team that went 10-2 in […]
Samohi Girls’ Difficult:
Some coaches arrange easy non-league schedules to build an impressive record. Santa Monica High girls basketball coach Marty Verdugo isn’t in that group. By contrast, he seeks the toughest opposition possible in order to prepare […]
SMC Basketball: Big Potential, Work In Progress:
On the community college basketball level, where there’s a major roster turnover every season, each team becomes a work in progress. It’s unrealistic to expect a group of strangers to become a cohesive team right […]
Escape Holiday Madness: Christmas In Zurich:
It’s that time of year again when the pressure begins to build. It’s buying gifts, it’s sending out greeting cards, it’s entertaining out of town relatives, it’s making the party circuit with unending cocktail chatter, […]
Police to Run DUI Checkpoint:
The Santa Monica Police Department will conduct a DUI (Driving Under the Influence) checkpoint on Friday evening, December 18, 2009, somewhere in the 300 block of Pico Boulevard in Santa Monica. Officers from the SMPD […]
California Incline:
The California Incline Bridge, built in the 1930, has been rated as structurally and seismically insufficient. It will be completely demolished in order to be rebuilt. Those who live in areas near the bridge have […]
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