Venice High annually has one of the best football teams in the L.A. City Section. The Gondoliers can be counted on to do well in the Western League and make a strong showing in the […]

The Santa Monica Shockwave Girls 10 and under Fast Pitch softball team finished third out of 16 teams in the recent San Pedro Turkey Tournament. The team won four straight games before losing to San […]

SoccerKids USA is a new soccer program for youngsters ages 6-8 that combines professional instruction with parental involvement. The 12-week league, consisting of half instruction and half games, will be played at Brentwood Science Magnet, […]

The Santa Monica College men’s basketball teams have begun the season by splitting two games. SMC lost to Trade Tech, 87-52, and defeated Cypress, 55-53. As usual, the Corsairs will be playing in holiday tournaments […]

When Brentwood lost to Maranatha High of Pasadena five weeks ago in a football game that it led midway through the fourth quarter, 28-7, the chances of having a rematch seemed remote.          But it […]

A gallant playoff run against considerable odds came to an end when the Lighthouse Christian girls volleyball team lost in the CIF 5AA semi-finals to Baptist Christian of Hemet. The team had six players go […]

It hurt real bad. When the CIF football playoffs began last weekend, all the Santa Monica High players and coaches could do was think about the mistakes that cost them a berth and hope they’ll […]

The Santa Monica College women’s soccer team has earned a berth in the Southern Regional playoffs for the second straight season. After compiling a 9-5-8 record, good for second place in the Western State Conference, […]

The basketball season is coming up on the Westside, and nowhere is it being welcomed more than at St. Monica. That’s because the Mariners went 0-10 in football, so a change of seasons is being […]

Editor-at-Large Bipolar mood disorder is a devastating mental disease characterized by mood swings alternating between periods of depression and mania.  Some of the symptoms include excessive alcohol and drug abuse, sadness, trouble concentrating, irritability, feelings […]