PYFC GRAND OPENING:
Hundreds of people were on hand for the festive opening of the Pico Youth and Family Center’s new quarters on Saturday afternoon, October 4. The new location, on Pico Boulevard between Santa Monica High School […]
Shriver endorses Prop T:
Measure T is a tough decision. Good Santa Monicans are on both sides. Good arguments are made on both sides. I am going to vote for it. Here’s why: New development—especially commercial development—will generate more […]
Musical History Lives at McCabe’s 50-Year Bash:
McCabe’s Guitar Shop’s back room, where concerts have been held since 1969, seats 150 people on folding metal chairs. UCLA’s huge Royce Hall seats 1800, including the balcony. But on the evening of October 2, […]
Council Candidates Air Views:
The late Joe Natoli would have enjoyed the City Council candidates forum sponsored by the League of Women Voters on Friday, October 3, at Santa Monica College. The City Hall gadfly who passed away in […]
Horoscopes: Laura Wilde, Mirror Contributing Writer
ARIES When you are ready to close the door on someone, be very ready. The door might not open later on. A ripped seam takes some time to fully mend. Clues present themselves in disguise […]
Venice Loses Fifth Straight Game:
Venice High is playing the same difficult football schedule it did when the Gondoliers had superior talent. With less talent this season, the results have not been favorable. Venice lost to CIF power Oaks Christian […]
Gallant St. Monica Effort Isn’t Enough:
We all judge sports events by wins and losses. Whatever effort is put in by the coaches and players, the public judges by the final score. But sometimes the effort is so commendable, a sportswriter […]
Yo Ho Ho and a Bottle of Coke: Special Olympics 12th Annual Pier del Sol:
With a perfect sunny Santa Monica Sunday as a backdrop against the beautiful Pacific Ocean, hundreds of people piled onto the Pier to support this annual fundraiser for Special Olympics Southern California, the world’s largest […]
But Who Would You Rather Have a Beer With?:
Listening to the media fallout following last week’s Vice Presidential debate between Senator Joe Biden and Governor Sarah Palin was in many ways more frightening than the notion that the Republican VP candidate, come January […]
Farmers’ Market Report:
Fresh shelling beans are popping up at all of the Santa Monica Farmers’ Markets. Shelling beans are the early stage of what will become dried beans. The pods tend to look dry and wrinkled, but […]
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