Santa Monica’s city manager Susan McCarthy  announced Monday that she will retire from the job she has held for six years in November. When John Jalili retired as city manager in 1999, the City Council […]

Santa Monica’s City Council voted 4 to 1 last Tuesday to deny landmark status to Christie Court at  125 Pacific Street and make way for its demolition. The courtyard complex, which was constructed in 1924, […]

On Tuesday, July 26, the Santa Monica City Council heard an appeal of the Landmark Commission’s designation of Christie Court at 125 Pacific Street as a landmark. The appellant was the property owner. (see story, […]

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 […]

The local Santa Monica Mountains are laced with an abundance of hiking trails, and they’re also host to programs that most of us are unaware of. In many cases, you don’t need to make special […]

The Santa Monica Little League 9 and 10-year old girls all-star softball team, the District 25 champions, were eliminated from the Sectional Tournament in Westchester last weekend with two losses.Santa Monica was defeated by West […]

The Santa Monica American Legion baseball team won two games in the Sixth Area Tournament last weekend but also lost two and did not advance in the state tournament. Santa Monica defeated Chatsworth, lost to […]

Charles Gordon might not have gotten a chance in big-time college football if a former Santa Monica High star hadn’t preceeded him at Kansas. Gordon didn’t receive a lot of scholarship offers after starring on […]

I was at Venice High that night in 2000, standing not far away from where it happened. Charles Gordon ran a route to the corner of the end zone, as he had done hundreds of […]

Aries You will have several different options pulling at you – what matters isn’t how you operate when you’re on auto-pilot but how you do in times of stress. Your character will bear up when […]