March 3, 2026
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Jefferson Completes Her SMC Basketball Career:

Elizabeth Jefferson was cut from the Santa Monica College womens’ basketball team on her first try.But if anyone is searching for an example of sheer determination, the guard from University High will do.A couple of […]

SMC Coach Shickman Praises Trio Following Closing Victory:

When the Santa Monica College men defeated Citrus College Saturday night, 81-75, it was probably the team’s final game of the basketball season.SMC finished fourth in the Western State Conference Southern Division, not good enough […]

Samohi Girls Lose, Boys Win Playoff Openers:

The Santa Monica High girls’ basketball team has been eliminated from the CIF playoffs in a controversial fashion.Samohi lost its first round game Saturday to Long Beach Poly, 44-29. After holding a 15-14 halftime lead […]

Alvin Ailey Company Appears at Music Center:

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, led by Artistic Director Judith Jamison, returns for its sixth Music Center engagement, tonight, February 22 through Sunday, February 22 – 26, 2006 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. One of […]

BOOKS IN THE MIRROR: Parallel Lives – Real and Conjured:

ARTHUR & GEORGEJulian BarnesKnopf: January 2006Heather HoffmanMirror book criticIf Sherlock Holmes is a master of careful observation and deduction, then his creator, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is in many ways his polar opposite. While Holmes […]

AT THE MOVIES: Leave No Dog Behind:

Eight Below **1/2Sasha StoneMirror film criticWhat seemed like a straight-to-video Disney tween movie, Eight Below proved to be a big draw at the weekend’s box office, coming in solidly in the first place. Was it […]