July 8, 2026
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Complaints Lodged on Montana Avenue Store:

The City Attorney’s office has received complaints regarding Room With A View, a longtime high-end Montana Avenue store in Santa Monica, which went out of business in May 2007. The complaints have been from customers […]

Special Ed Program Headed for Review:

The Board of Education began to take the initial steps towards hiring an independent consultant to review the District’s Special Education Program. An independent review was prompted by a Santa Monica City Council decision last […]

Water Quality Improves In the Santa Monica Bay:

Heal the Bay’s 2007 End of Summer Beach Report Card gave 93 percent of Santa Monica Bay’s beaches a grade of A or B for ocean water quality this year, an 18 percent increase over […]

Big Comeback Gives Venice Another Win:

Even on the road, even against a quality opponent, even facing a large halftime deficit, the Venice high football team doesn’t give up.  Venice overcame a 28-9 intermission deficit to defeat Oaks Christian Friday night, […]

St. Monica Absorbs 70-0 Defeat:

St. Monica’s struggling football team was defeated at Chadwick Saturday, 70-0, in a game in which the Mariners gained only 23 yards.  St. Monica didn’t make a first down until the final minute as its […]

Women’s World Cup Woes:

Our often-dominant USA Women’s National Team (world champs in ’91 and ’99 and Olympic champs in ’96 and ’04) just returned from China where they placed a respectable but nonetheless disappointing third in the ’07 […]

Duron Becomes New Samohi Baseball Coach:

Rob Duron, a physical education instructor at Santa Monica High since 1987, is the school’s new head baseball coach.  Duron was chosen by a committee that honored the recommendation of athletic director Norm Lacy, who’s […]

Westside Football:

Friday, October 5 Los Alamitos at Santa Monica, Corsair Field, 7 p.m. Banning at Venice, 7 p.m. Palisades at Reseda, 7 p.m. Brentwood at Paraclete, 7 p.m. St. Monica at Bellarmine-Jefferson, 7 p.m. Murphy at […]