One of the most successful teams on the Westside this season is the Santa Monica High girls’ basketball squad. A group of outstanding players graduated following last season, but Coach Marcus Charuvastra has assembled a […]

The year was 1997. When football practice began at Santa Monica College, Coach Robert Taylor was delighted because Steve Smith was present. “We had recruited Smith out of University High,” Taylor recalls. “We thought he […]

After a lengthy discussion at its November 4 meeting, Santa Monica’s Planning Commission trimmed development alternatives suggested by City staff in the second milestone report, “Opportunities and Challenges” on the revision of the Land Use […]

The Allstate Foundation and “Facing History and Ourselves” will present a “Community Conversation” with South African Constitutional Court Justice Albie Sachs, the human rights activist known for his role in writing South Africa’s new constitution, […]

Will Rogers Elementary School will launch its 11th annual Readathon tomorrow, January 19. It will continue to February 9. Its purpose is to inspire its students and their families to read and enjoy books and […]

Special Events Thursday, January 19 The Life of CS Lewis: The Chronicles of Narnia, six week class begins, Thursday evenings from 7 – 8:30 p.m., First United Methodist Church, 1008 11th Street, Fireside Room, (310) […]

Special Events Thursday, January 19 The Life of CS Lewis: The Chronicles of Narnia, six week class begins, Thursday evenings from 7 – 8:30 p.m., First United Methodist Church, 1008 11th Street, Fireside Room, (310) […]

Aries How much you give will be how much you get. Don’t push yourself past the point where you can do things well; it will get sloppy. And your work will suffer, not to mention […]

It was all the talk on talk radio the morning after: “The Lefty Globes.”  One talk show host was summing it up: gay cowboys, pot moms, transsexuals and women presidents.  Is Hollywood trying to get […]

The organic food movement has become the last big unexploited niche in the highly competitive world of food marketing, but small scale organic farmers have managed to hold on to their principles in spite of […]