Teacher Still Held in Custody on Pending:
Thomas Beltran, the Santa Monica teacher arrested May 3 on 14 counts of child molestation, is still in custody at the Los Angeles County’s Men’s Central Jail, unable to make his $3.3 million bail. The […]
There’s Joy at Samohi — Venice Is Conquered:
After Santa Monica High’s football team shut out Venice 28-0 on Friday night, September 26 it was as if a burden had been lifted from the players’ shoulders. Samohi had lost its annual non-league game […]
SMC Football Team Rallies To Win Home Opener:
All the Santa Monica College football team had to do to jump-start its season was get off the road. After being routed in their first three games — all played on opponents’ fields — SMC […]
CLEANING UP OUR ACT:
Heal the Bay held their 18th annual Coastal Cleanup Day on Saturday, September 20. The Los Angeles countywide effort at 71 sites brought out more than 12,000 volunteers and cleaned up 181,000 pounds of debris […]
Partial Transcript of Gov. Schwarzenegger Speaking: at League of California Cities Annual Conference
Time:11 a.m. Date:Thursday, September 25, 2008 Event:Remarks, League of California Cities 2008 AnnualConference, Grand Ballroom, Long Beach Convention Center, 300 East Ocean Boulevard, Long Beach, CA GOVERNOR SCHWARZENEGGER: Thank you very much. Thank you for […]
This Week:
Last Chance Agamemnon, the first play of Aeschylus’ Oresteia trilogy, through September 27, 8pm Thursdays-Saturdays, $32-$38, Getty Villa, 17985 PCH, PP, 310.440.7300. And Awaaaay We Go To Wonderland! a musical based on fairy tales, through […]
Candidates Talk Education in CEPS-LEAD Forum:
Nine candidates for Santa Monica City Council fielded questions about schools, education, and related issues at a forum held September 22 by community organizations CEPS and LEAD. CEPS (Community For Excellence in Public Schools) is […]
One-on-One with John Cusack:
Who among us doesn’t remember Marty Feldman’s uproarious portrayal of Igor (pronounced “Eye-gore”) in Mel Brooks’ Young Frankenstein? Since the early Frankenstein films, right up to Brooks’ sly and loving send-up of those movies, the […]
Horoscopes: Laura Wilde, Mirror Contributing Writer
ARIES What is your ticking time bomb? It seems like you will soon be confronted with many things, but what will be the thing that sets you off? Tough to say. You must be strong, […]
Brentwood’s Win is a Thriller:
As I was leaving Brentwood’s football field Friday, September 19, I heard a group of spectators remark that the game had been a thriller. When I spoke to Coach Patrick Brown two days later he […]
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