June 25, 2026
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Bookfair Brings Out Young Local Authors:

The Barnes & Noble on the Third Street Promenade hosted students from Castle Heights Elementary School for Bookfair. Several students in each class at Castle Heights were chosen to read their own work for one […]

Council Approves Additional Childcare Development Fees:

After years of study and discussion, Santa Monica’s City Council took a major step last Tuesday by approving, with a 5 to 1 vote, an ordinance that will charge developers the highest fees in the […]

Holiday Shopping on Track at Promenade:

The holiday shopping season got off to a good start in Santa Monica – “consistent with last year” – according to a thoroughly unscientific sampling of local merchants. Tony Ayoub of The Jewel Shop on […]

Seven Days of Holiday Fun:

December 8 Abbot Kinney Holiday Street Event, local vendors open shops from 6-10pm, Abbot Kinney Blvd., 310.392.2525. A Very Conscious Christmas, featuring art, photography, sculpture and music by Jacqueline Fuentes, 6pm-midnight, EpoxyBox, 602 Venice Blvd., […]

UCLA Rejoices In Stunning Football Victory Over USC:

Karl Dorrell, the stoic coach of the UCLA football team, was seen Saturday as he’s seldom been seen before. He leaped into the air and pumped his fist following Eric McNeal’s game-clinching interception in the […]

Brentwood’s Football Season Ends In Semi-Final Playoff Loss:

        The Brentwood School football team might be inclined to see the current Déjà Vu movie.          That’s because Brentwood lost a big lead to Maranatha during the regular season, then lost to Maranatha again […]

Area Teams Begin Basketball Season:

Untitled Page With the start of December comes the beginning of the high school basketball season. This month most teams will be playing in tournaments before they’ll appear locally in league games in January. The […]

Area Teams Begin Basketball Season:

With the start of December comes the beginning of the high school basketball season. This month most teams will be playing in tournaments before they’ll appear locally in league games in January. The Santa Monica […]

SMC’s Braswell, Gottlieb Earn All-Tournament Honors:

   Two Santa Monica College freshmen basketball players, 6-foot-4 Arthur Braswell and 6-1 Noah Gottlieb, were named to the all-tournament team when the Corsairs played in the San Jose event last month.          Braswell is […]

UCLA Rejoices In Stunning Football Victory Over USC:

         Karl Dorrell, the stoic coach of the UCLA football team, was seen Saturday as he’s seldom been seen before.          He leaped into the air and pumped his fist following Eric McNeal’s game-clinching interception […]