June 23, 2026
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Following Second Loss, Samohi To Begin League Play Friday:

Santa Monica High will begin its bid for an Ocean League football championship – or at least a playoff berth – Friday night, October 13, against Morningside High at Coleman Stadium in Inglewood. Three teams […]

Costly Errors Plague Brentwood In Defeat:

Summing up Brentwood’s 47-26 non-league football loss to Pasadena Poly Saturday, Oct. 7, Coach Patrick Brown said “different opponent, same result.” Just as mistakes hurt Brentwood in a 45-14 loss to Paraclete the previous week, […]

Samohi-St. Monica Series Ends After Four Years:

The football series between Santa Monica High and St. Monica has ended after four meetings. The schools hadn’t played for 60 years before head coaches Mike Burnett of Samohi and Jason Strouse of St. Monica […]

Venice Defeats Banning:

Venice High defeated Banning, 39-20 in a non-league football game on Friday, October 6. The Gondoliers will have a home Western League game Friday, October 13 against Fairfax at 7 p.m. Venice’s star running back, […]

The Lazy Daisy: Lazy for Breakfast, Lazy for Lunch:

A daisy, as I am sure everyone knows, is a group of small composite plants, the flowers of which have a yellow disk and white rays. Lazy, of course, means averse or disinclined to work […]

When We Get Old:

There was a moment on Oprah’s show on aging last week, when Geena Davis, Nora Ephron and Diahann Carroll were sitting onstage with Oprah and discussing the good, the bad and the ugly of getting […]

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October 5-December 14 A 10-week Home Living Skills/Recovering Stroke class taught by Dr. Iris Maybruck, free, Felicia Mahood Senior Center, 11338 Santa Monica Blvd., 323.653.4085. October 15 Round Dancing Lessons, first lesson free, all subsequent […]

Horoscoopes:

Aries Beware of troubled souls looking to dump their grief on you. Even though you know better it still takes its toll. You are laying down the groundwork for something bigger later on. Preparation and […]

This Week:

October 12 Daly Genik, Koning Eizenberg, Mark Mack and Pugh + Scarpa, exhibit of installations by local architects, opening reception 5:30-8pm, through October 29, 18th Street Arts Center Gallery, 1639 18th St., 310.453.3711. October 12-14 […]

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Absolutely Halloween, a holiday-themed musical for the family, returns for a five-week run, through October 29, 12:30pm and 3pm Saturdays and Sundays, Santa Monica Playhouse Main Stage, 1211 4th St., 310.394.9779 x2. The Bacchae, a […]