LA OPERA, Puccini’s “MADAME BUTTERFLY” – What a way to start the new season! Can’t wait to see this direction and staging, as though it takes place on a 1930s movie set.With Korean soprano Karah Son in her signature role.
Landlords and corporations attempting to buy the Santa Monica election to overturn rent control Today, Santa Monica City Councilmembers Gleam Davis, Caroline Torosis and Jesse Zwick issued a rare joint warning to voters that landlords and corporations are trying to buy the Santa Monica City Council.
The suspect in an unprovoked attack on Santa Monica beach less than a week ago has been charged with attempted murder with a bail set at $2 million. The victim was a 28-year-old male resident of West Hollywood,
The November election in Santa Monica will be among the least contested in City history as one of the two races that voters would have had a voice in is now moot following the withdrawal of the lone challenger for School Board.
With a matter of days remaining before early voters can send in their ballots, endorsements and cash continue to flow into campaigns both local and regional including a new player in the City Council election with a massive warchest.
This Tuesday’s City Council meeting is an usually light affair, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t any interesting items on the agenda. At the time of going to press, there were no closed session items listed on the evening’s agenda,
California is poised today to announce which schools will share a windfall to bolster career paths for students — but delays and mishaps have meant that thousands of students missed the opportunity to participate.
This week we found out officially, what many of us already know experientially, that Santa Monica is the most expensive city to conduct business in. Our academic neighbors to the East, Claremont McKenna College’s Rose Institute of State and Local Government studied some 216 municipalities and found that among fees,
By Carolyn Jones California is poised today to announce which schools will share a windfall to bolster career paths for students – but delays and mishaps have meant that thousands of students missed the opportunity to participate.
In response to Matthew Hall’s article “Council now prohibited from asking for the illegal and impossible” (9/16/24): Protecting public safety is the government duty. It should not be deemed illegal and impossible.
By Mikhail Zinshteyn Minutes after a UC regents committee began debating the purchase of additional less-lethal weapons and ammunition this afternoon, pro-Palestinian students in the UCLA meeting room drowned them out.
Each year, starting July 1st, Lions Clubs International (LCI) begins a new year. Which is why each July the Santa Monica Pacific Palisades Lions Club has an installation of new officers. This past week we were honored to have our new District Governor Jennifer Cho perform our installation,
California voters will begin marking their mail-in ballots for the Nov. 5 election in just a few days and how they vote may reflect their somewhat sour outlooks, particularly rising concerns about crime,
My HOA bylaws authorize a board of seven directors, but only three members attended a recent board meeting because there were four vacancies. At one meeting, only two directors attended, and approved significant actions.
By Jim Newton How liberal is Los Angeles? Even at first glance, the answer is: very. No Republicans hold city offices, and the Republican Party has ceased to play any meaningful role in Los Angeles governance or politics.
The operations center, which leverages cloud-hosted disaster recovery channels, also serves as a large-scale ST 2110 production facility for its Tennis Channel. Sinclair’s Tenni
Losing on penalty kicks in the semifinals of a playoff tournament might send a high school soccer team into the doldrums, but not the St. Augustine boys squad. “I’m not going to mess around with the soccer gods or lose any sleep because we lost on penalty kicks,
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They confirmed their relationship in March of this year, and have been heavy into the PDA ever since. And Alessandra Ambrosio was spotted kissing her boyfriend Richard Lee on Saturday.
The soonest Boise State commit Katin Houser could be on campus would be next January. But Houser has already been able to learn a thing or to from Hank Bachmeier.
Jadyn will be attending community College in the fall Accomplishments: Jadyn currently plays for SaMoHi's varsity baseball team and works independently in the food and restaurant industry. Special message: I love you son and know that as you embark on the next stage of your life you will continue to make me so proud.
Arroyo Valley’s leading scorer taking the penalty kick that would tie the game. And Santa Monica’s backup goalkeeper Kai Patel denying Dante Jauregui his 18th goal of the season with an improbable save.
Charles Barkley has given $1,000 apiece to the more than 200 employees of a city school system in his native Alabama. The former Auburn and NBA basketball star graduated from Leeds High School in 1981.
Ross McMains, who has served in varied roles in coaching and player development in the NBA, G League and international basketball for the past 14 years, has been named an assistant basketball coach at the University of Louisville under head coach Chris Mack.
The Trinity League, which was created in 2005, has never hired a Black head football coach at a time when its top football players are Black and there are no signs of progress.
Frank McRae, a National Football League player turned actor, died in Santa Monica, Calif. on April 29 from a heart attack. He was 80 and his death was confirmed by his daughter-in-law, Suzanne