One of Santa Monica’s most inspiring community events, the Westside Shelter and Hunger Coalition’s annual “Celebrating Success” breakfast and awards ceremony, returns next week for its tenth year. An “awareness-raiser” rather than a fundraiser, “Celebrating […]

The John Wayne Cancer Institute Auxiliary (JWCIA) will hold its annual membership luncheon and fashion show on Wednesday, September 28, at the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills. The reception will begin at 11:00 […]

As it has done for the last six years, the Church in Ocean Park honored some of the “best hearts and brightest lights” in the community with Communitas Awards on Sunday night, September 11, a […]

The Santa Monica chapter of the Red Cross is now caring for 42 people who have been evacuated from the disaster zones in both Mississippi and Louisiana. According to chapter executive director, John Pacheco, “The […]

The Planning Commission discussed the second Planning department’s “milestone” report, “Opportunities and Challenges” on the ongoing revision of the land use and circulation elements of its General Plan last Wednesday. The land use element delineates […]

On Monday, September 12, a small number of Angelenos gathered in front of the Federal Building in Westwood to take part in a national “Day of Outrage” at the failure of the federal government, first, […]

Most trailheads in the local Santa Monica Mountains offer a main route plus a choice of alternative paths. Perhaps the most diverse of all, however, is Capri, in the Pacific Palisades. This benign little road […]

High School Football Season Begins Friday The 2005 high school football season will begin Friday, highlighted by the debut of Santa Monica High’s highly regarded team in a non-league game against West Torrance. Kickoff is […]

Venice High has won the Western League football championship each of the last three years and the Gondoliers look strong again. Coach Angelo Gasca, a former star quarterback at Santa Monica College, has built a […]

Patrick Brown has precious memories of his 26 years as the Brentwood school football coach. He easily recalls the many years of fielding eight-man teams and playing on a smaller field off Barrington Avenue, and […]