August 4, 2026
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Farrah Fawcett: Dies at 62:

Farrah Fawcett, a famous actress and sex icon died after a three year battle with cancer. Fawcett passed away at St. John’s hospital in Santa Monica. Fawcett was known as an icon in American pop […]

City Council Adopts Budget:

The Santa Monica City Council adopted the 2009-2010 budget at the June 23 regular Council meeting. Only four speakers gave public comment on the proposed budget, and the feedback was mostly positive. The City released […]

Polarity Therapy:

Lie down, breathe, relax. “It’s that last part—the relaxing–” says James Arena, “that so often eludes people, and it is relaxation and harmony that Arena helps people rediscover.” In the late 1970s, while working in […]

Moving Your Qi: Health and Fitness the Chinese Way:

In Chinese medicine, the state of your health is all about a balance of energy or Qi (pronounced chee). Think of Qi as your energy circuitry, a bit like electricity moving rhythmically throughout your body. […]

Horoscopes: Laura Wilde, Mirror Contributing Writer

ARIES Taking time out to smell the roses will enhance your overall experience, particularly where people you absolutely hate are concerned. You have to learn how to not listen, and how to tune out when […]

Samohi Coach Duron Praises Decker:

Rob Duron has been in the news lately after coaching the Santa Monica High baseball team for two years and recently resigning. Today Duron turns his attention to former Viking and UCLA baseball star Cody […]

Samohi Completes Football Coaching Staff:

With a new head football coach, Santa Monica High also has a new staff of assistants. Travis Clark has brought in his own people but has retained one assistant from the staff of previous head […]

New Samohi Football Coach Pleased with Spring Practice:

Travis Clark has completed his first spring practice as the Santa Monica High football coach and he’s excited. “We have quite a bit of talent and good depth,” he said. “I’m optimistic that the defense […]

Earth Talk:

Dear EarthTalk: Are the United States’ vast oil shale resources a potential source of energy? Oil shale is a fine-grained sedimentary rock that contains significant amounts of kerogen, a solid mixture of organic chemical compounds […]