There are many programs for at risk youth in Santa Monica, but none is quite like the program at the Pico Youth and Family Center (PYFC). According to Center documents, the concept for the PYFC […]

To the cheers of hundreds of McKinley Elementary School students, Principal Paco Garcia fulfilled a promise to shave his head if students reached their Read-a-thon goal.  During the McKinley Read-a-thon, students read more than 5,100 […]

A year ago, two Santa Monica City Councilmen were members of the Green Party. In the municipal election last November, Green Michael Feinstein lost his bid for re-election, and Friday Councilman Kevin McKeown sent the […]

Edward Guerboian was installed as 2005-2006 Chairman of the Board at the Santa Monica Chamber’s installation dinner at the Fairmont Miramar Hotel last night. A native of Armenia, he migrated to the United States in […]

Santa Monica Police Chief James T. Butts, Jr. issued the folIowing statement Friday. “It is with extreme sadness and remorse that I announce the passing of Officer Ricardo A. Crocker, known to all of us […]

The City Council met twice last week – on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings – and devoted portions of each meeting to discussing the proposed fiscal year 2005-2006 budget (see story, this page), and the balance […]

Thanks to radio man Harry Shearer and his KCRW-based program, “Le Show,” Santa Monica is known to listeners across the country as “The Home of the Homeless” – a characterization that annoys real estate agents, […]

New Roads High School’s innovative Spectrum Program, which  combines an academic curriculum and life skills for students with social-cognitive learning disabilities, such as autism, has the added value of  helping the entire student body to […]

Santa Monica College honored a Student-Athlete Of The Year in each of 16 sports last week at an awards breakfast. The event is an annual custom. The winners: Womens’ basketball: Kristine Jensen; Mens’ basketball: Efrem […]