Several decades ago, California’s public schools, colleges and universities were the best in the nation. In the late 1960s, Max Frankel of the New York Times called them “the eighth wonder of the world.” But […]

It began late last week with an e-mail: “Franklin Elementary School parents Debra Young Krizman and Tom Browne hail from the New Orleans area and have joined together to collect any items you might care […]

It was a whirlwind that began Monday morning August 8th when I phoned some of the folks who are involved in erecting the Arlington West memorial every Sunday on the beach just north of the […]

The Santa Monica Chapter of the American Red Cross has extended its hours and services in order to accommodate people who want to donate money, services or blood to aid the victims of Hurricane Katrina. […]

Donations for Hurricane Katrina refugees are collected outside Franklin Elementary School, on Sunday, September 4.

This is our simple word which seeks to touch the hearts of humble and simple people like ourselves, but people who are also, like ourselves, dignified and rebel.  This is our simple word for recounting […]

We appreciate readers’ expressions of regret, but we mean it this time —the Ocean Park Gazette has left the building. On Aug. 31, we vacated our beachside offices on Hollister Avenue and began the transfer […]

MC Opens At Victor Valley The Santa Monica College football team will open its season Saturday at Victor Valley following a long bus ride to Victorville. The following Saturday, September 10, SMC will play its […]

With a newborn at home and a minor back injury to boot, I missed a few weeks of exercise and fell into a woeful state of conditioning. My first hike out was one of my […]

Neither sophomore has compiled impressive statistics yet, but the presence of Ryan Katz at Santa Monica High and Darius Banks at Culver City has caught the attention of local media and is likely to stimulate […]