After 15 years on the City Council, Herb Katz has finally got the opportunity to run the show as mayor. Katz, who was first elected to the council in 1984, assumed the position as Santa […]

Santa Monica-based Activision, Inc., one of the world’s leading independent publishers of interactive entertainment, will combine with French company Vivendi to form the world’s largest pure-play online and console game publisher.  The companies announced a […]

After an absence of more than a decade, the St. Monica boys’ basketball tournament was brought back last week and the host Mariners finished second, losing the championship game to Cathedral, 48-29, on Saturday, December […]

The Santa Monica College men’s basketball team couldn’t build on a 15-point second half lead but was solid at the finish of an 87-79 non-league home win over Rio Hondo Friday night, November 30.  The […]

E.J. Woods, who played his first two seasons of high school football at Santa Monica High, scored the winning touchdown for Crespi High on a short run in its CIF semi-final 13-10 victory over Servite […]

Saturday, December 8Brentwood vs. St. Margaret’s at Notre Dame High in Sherman Oaks, 7:30 p.m., CIF championship game

The Santa Monica High girls’ basketball team started its season with three one-sided wins in the Moorpark Tip-Off Tournament.  The Vikings began with a 64-42 victory over Newbury Park, then routed Agoura, 79-45, and Camarillo, […]

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A year ago I attended a UCLA basketball game the day after the Bruins had upset USC, 13-3, in football.  Karl Dorrell appeared for a halftime ceremony and rang the victory bell, which annually goes […]

The task appeared so difficult for the Santa Monica College men’s basketball team against LA Southwest on Tuesday night, November 20, that Coach Jesse Teplitsky said just before the tip-off, “We’ll have to play our […]