What’s better, one guy scoring 39 points or another scoring 20 and collecting 10 assists?          Those were the numbers in the Lakers’ first playoff game Sunday, when Kobe Bryant’s 39 weren’t enough in a […]

Former Santa Monica High star Cody Decker has been named Pac-10 Conference Baseball Player of the Week for the first time in his two years at UCLA.          Decker was selected for the week that […]

Santa Monica High’s baseball team hasn’t been tested yet in Ocean League games. After disposing of Hawthorne easily twice earlier, the Vikings clobbered Inglewood on Tuesday, April 27 and again two days later. The scores […]

An explosion and fire killed a man at the mobile home park at 1930 Stewart Street on Sunday afternoon, April 22. Santa Monica Police responding to reports at 3:53 p.m. found a male victim with […]

(l-r) Jimmy Navarro and Destiny Bailey, Charles and Margaret Brown and Octavio del Castillo and Sarah Hernandez, all residents of Covenant House California, whose mission is to “protect and safeguard all children of the street” […]

A body was found floating face down in the ocean off the west end of Santa Monica Pier Tuesday night, April 17, at 9:40 p.m., and Harbor Guards performed an ocean rescue to bring it […]

Judging by the films in the opening night shorts programs at the Eighth Annual Malibu International Film Festival, held in Santa Monica April 13-16, it seemed like this festival was one for film buffs. The […]

In an impassioned plea to the over 800 guests gathered at the Beverly Hilton Hotel for the annual Odyssey Ball to dig deep into their pockets, a very lively mistress of ceremonies, Jamie Lee Curtis, […]

In recognition of Fair Housing Month, the Apartment Association of Greater Los Angeles (AAGLA) and the Santa Monica City Attorney’s Consumer Protection Unit are co-sponsoring a fair housing workshop on April 26, 2007 from 9 […]

Thousands mobbed the Third Street Promenade Saturday, April 14, to participate in the annual Earth Day celebration.  This year’s theme was “Step It Up” – a reference to efforts to curb global warming by reducing […]