There have been many chapters in the Brentwood-Crossroads sports rivalry over the years and another one has been added. This baseball season both teams were assigned to the Alpha League – Crossroads moving up after […]

Race car driver Juan Pablo Montoya has made the curious jump to stock car racing after a distinguished career in Formula One open wheel racing. One difference, he noted in a recent interview, is that […]

April 13-16 Malibu International Film Festival Now in its eighth year, the Malibu International Film Festival has become a significant showcase for independent films. This year’s event offers more than 50 films (selected from over […]

Most Westside softball teams will resume play Tuesday, April 17, following spring break. On that day Santa Monica High, which has a 14-2 record and three straight shutouts, will host Hawthorne in an Ocean League […]

Jerry Mathers, now and forever a beloved icon, found a permanent place in America’s heart when at age seven he created the role of television’s clean-cut lovable kid, Theodore “The Beav” Cleaver, in the sitcom […]

When Cody Decker was a senior at Santa Monica High he had the starring role in The Music Man and drew favorable reviews. “I miss acting,” he says. “I really liked it but I’m too […]

Jonathan Cohn, a senior editor at The New Republic magazine, proclaimed, “We [Americans] do have a dysfunctional health care system.” But he said, speaking to the Venice Family Clinic, “This place is fully functional.” Cohn’s […]

Hidden away on a dead-end street in a light industrial area of Santa Monica is one of Southern California’s great art resources. The 18th Street Arts Center, housed in a set of nondescript buildings, is […]

The Santa Monica High baseball team has started Ocean League play with two wins. All-CIF lefthander Joe McGrew pitched Samohi to a 9-0 home victory over Hawthorne on March 30. When the teams played again, […]