Joe McGrew, a left-handed pitcher who advanced from the Santa Monica High junior varsity to the varsity this season, has been named co-outstanding player in the Ocean League and first team all-CIF. McGrew, a 6-foot-3 […]

Lamar Odom of the Lakers has agreed to play in a summer all-star basketball game July 9 at Staples Center. The game was founded 20 years ago as “A Midsummer Magic” by Magic Johnson to […]

A year ago Alex Bon, an experienced and successful volleyball player, didn’t compete for Santa Monica High. He focused on golf, a sport where he might have quite a future. This season was his senior […]

The Lake House, starring Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves is no Somewhere in Time.  The only similarities are they are both set in a time warp, and the name “Reeves.” Here’s the implausible story.  It […]

Santa Monica’s City Council decided to ban the use of Styrofoam and non-recyclable plastic by City businesses after hearing from City staff that these products are an important part of beach and ocean pollution. The […]

Now that the summer fruit has safely arrived in all its glorious profusion at the farmers’ market following a long, cool spring, shoppers can turn their attention to some of the other things that are […]

Marinara, lasagna and primavera exemplify Italian home cooking, and Earth Wind & Flour on Wilshire presents them and more with a traditional flare fused with some subtle variations on a theme to add their own […]

When Britney (Spears Federline) and Kevin (Federline) went on television with their “tell all” special, “Can You Handle Our Truth?” (which was hastily switched to “Britney and Kevin,” or some other useless title), many of […]

The recent Warner Brothers release of The Busby Berkeley Collection six-DVD set is a marvelous retrospective of some of the greatest sound-sight marriage ever burned onto film.  The set includes Berkeley’s five greatest classics from […]

In David Frankel’s new film, The Devil Wears Prada, one cannot help but marvel at the brilliant Meryl Streep who takes the character of evil boss to new heights with her Miranda Priestley.  Prada is […]