On August 14 The League of Women Voters of Santa Monica honored longtime member Susan McCarthy on her impending retirement as Santa Monica City Manager at a garden tea. The event was especially fitting, as […]

Over the years, the real estate firm of Mossler, Deasy and Doe became known for specializing in architecturally significant houses in Los Angeles. Now a new firm, Deasy/Penner & Partners, founded by Mike Deasy and […]

On August 16, the City of Santa Monica’s Planning and Community Department hosted an open house at which department staff informally discussed the second “milestone report” issued at part of the City’s revision of its […]

Superintendent of the Santa Monica Unified School District (SMMUSD) John Deasy told the School Board last Thursday that in the 2005 testing period of the California Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) Program students achieved “all-time […]

A.R.T.S. Anonymous, a support group for creative people, meets every Sunday at 10:30 a.m. Wild Oats Community Room, 500 Wilshire Blvd., (310) 836-1495. Ballroom Dancing every Saturday in the auditorium of the Felicia Mahood Senior […]

Following its review and critique of a new interim ordinance regulating walls, fences, and hedges on July 26, the Santa Monica City Council at last week’s meeting gave a first reading and approved language for […]

While I like birds as much as the next hiker, and occasionally enjoy the odd sighting of a hawk or wild parrot, there are apparently a lot of folks out there who take their bird-watching […]

Ralph Wilson Jr. owns the Buffalo Bills. Tom Donahoe is the President/General Manager. In an article last week on Bills quarterback J. P. Losman, the former Venice High star, we promoted Donahue to owner. Our […]

The 50th annual W.I. Simonson and Mercedes Benz Golf Tournament, benefiting Meals On Wheels and Drive Your Future, is set for next Wednesday (Aug. 24).The event will be held at the Malibu Country Club Golf […]

After spending the last 12 years as an assistant coach in various sports at Santa Monica High, Ray Humphrey is ready to run his own program. Humphrey is the new head football coach at Malibu […]