Freshman Kevin Hammer of Pacifica Christian has been named baseball MVP of the Mulholland League and his brother, senior David Hammer, made the second team. The school located at 18th and Wilshire in Santa Monica […]
Remove a player – even one with Manny Ramirez’ credentials – from a major league baseball team for 50 games and it’s bound to alter the team’s chemistry.
Greatness occurs when individuals do things that seem unlikely, even close to impossible. Greatness can be assigned to Phil Jackson and Kobe Bryant now that the Lakers have won the 2009 NBA championship. Their accomplishments […]
I’ve heard some harsh reaction from high school baseball coaches throughout Southern California about Santa Monica High’s Rob Duron essentially being driven to resign because of parental interference and a lack of support from the […]
Dear EarthTalk: Has the recent violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo threatened the populations of lowland gorillas? How many are left? The short answer is yes, dramatically. Not to be confused with Western […]
David Letterman has never been one to take back anything he’s ever said. His jokes can hit below the belt but that has always been part of their charm. His recent joke about Sarah Palin’s […]
John, a swaggering male university professor on the brink of attaining tenure, hosts one-on-one office hours with a seemingly self-loathing female student, Carol, who later accuses him of attempted rape. They both feel violated and […]
The Taking of Pelham 123 has every reason to be a terrible film. There was nothing particularly appealing about the ads, either billboard or television. It looked like Denzel Washington and John Travolta collecting paychecks, […]
Santa Monica Vons Named Top Fundraiser By Easter Seals A Vons store in Santa Monica was named a top fundraising store during Safeway Inc.’s charity campaign to benefit people with disabilities in April. The store […]
The School District’s Financial Oversight Committee (FOC) Chair Cynthia Torres told the School Board at their annual joint meeting “Our District faces significant financial challenges that the Board has only begun to confront” due to […]
