The Santa Monica Conservancy recently recognized eight exemplary contributors who excelled in preserving Santa Monica’s architectural and cultural heritage thanks to work related to restoration, adaptive reuse or renovation.
The Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District will begin next school year utilizing a distance-learning format, but district leaders retain hope that students will be able to return to school on a full-time basis once safer-at-home orders ease.
Thousands of members of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the United States of America and guests have gathered in Baltimore, Maryland, from July 5 to July 8 for the.
Luis Lopez moved his barbershop to a bigger location with three more chairs and more than twice the rent. Then, when the coronavirus pandemic hit, he had to close, plunk down more cash for upgrades to health safety standards and wait for officials to allow salons to reopen.
The City of Santa Monica today issued two updates to its local emergency declaration for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) extending the eviction moratorium for residential tenants and some commercial tenants,
The City’s We Are Santa Monica Fund, originally limited to COVID-19 community relief, expands today to permit donors to earmark their donations to advance a Black Agenda in Santa Monica.
We would like to wish Rick Cole a warm welcome to Santa Monica as our new City Manager. His lifelong career in public policy and civic engagement will be a tremendous asset to our community.
Their curation of vintage black media is expert, inspired and compelling. First off I ate up a string of old B&W music videos they proffered, starting with Millie Small’s iconic “My Boy Lollipop,” then a Johnny Nash and a John Holt,
One way you can help sustain Laemmle Theatres now, while movie houses still can’t open, is by watching the films they’re showing via Virtual Cinema. In this case, I’ll direct you to one, in particular,
If you only visit the Library to check-out books or DVDs, you’re missing a huge part of what Santa Monica... Hello, Santa Monica. In the off chance you’ve not stopped by the Main Library and ...
Kristin McCowan, a native Santa Monican, has been appointed to the City Council for four months to fill the vacancy created when Greg Morena resigned last month. McCowan is the only Black woman on the council and her appointment gives women a 4 – 3 majority on the council for the first time in the city’s history.
But our City Council has decided, true to their habit, to throw money, another six figures toward outside consultants who will study the situation and report back. (“Analyses by independent professionals with expertise about the subject matter under investigation are an effective tool to help the city do better in the future,
In an attempt to follow recent state and local health recommendations amidst a surge of Los Angeles County Covid-19 cases, district staff will recommend that SMMUSD adopt a model that calls for students to learn from the safety of their homes,
During this difficult and unprecedented time, the Rotary Club of Santa Monica has remained committed to the well-being of our community and have awarded multiple grants to deserving organizations for COVID-19 Relief.
Malibu Unified School District is scheduled to hold its first meeting of the new academic year this Thursday, and the board of education is expected to approve a plan detailing the district’s reopening plan for the Fall 2020 semester.
SAN CLEMENTE — The San Clemente girls basketball team pulled together when it mattered most. Those were the sentiments shared by San Clemente coach Kerri Husbands after the Tritons put forth a final spurt to defeat Mira Costa 51-47 in the second round of the CIF Southern California Division II regional playoffs on Thursday at San Clemente High School.
These kids are the future of table tennis, and may one day compete in later Olympic trials as their older counterparts recently did this previous weekend in Santa Monica, CA. Members on the organizing committee for this leg of the Hopes Program were Rajul Sheth, Bruce Liu and Yau-Man Chan, with Liu and Chan providing further assistance as ...
LOS ANGELES — When he walks onto the Galen Center court for the last time, Jonah Mathews will have 30 to 40 family members and friends in the crowd. Old classmates from Santa Monica High have been snatching up tickets in advance of his USC swan song. Those are the perks of being the local kid. “Everybody’s gonna be here,” he says.
The shot clock – 35 seconds for the boys, 30 for the girls and used at all three levels of competition – has been a part of the fabric for so long now that neither Chavarin nor Robinson are certain as to why the state ultimately decided to take that maiden plunge off the Santa Monica Pier. Twice. Robinson believes the clock on the girls ...
Liu Juan qualified for the U.S. Olympic team in table tennis Sunday. Huijing Wang, who finished second, also qualified, and Lily Zhang qualified previously. On the men's side, Nikhil Kumar and Zhou Xin joined previous qualifier Kanak Jha.
“We can shoot it really well, and we’ve got seniors, and only one of them has ever been to an NCAA tournament, and they’re dying to get there,” Burgess said Friday night, in a Santa Monica hotel lobby, the day before BYU beat Pepperdine, 81-64. Five of them are married, two are dads, and Yoeli Childs averages 21 points and eight rebound
3AA: Chantal Moawad, a 6-foot-2 senior headed to Brown, scored 23 points and sparked a 15-2 run in the fourth quarter to propel Santa Monica to a 44-40 win over Irvine Crean Lutheran at Azusa Pacific. Southern Section boys’ basketball 2A: Snookey Wigington scored 18 points and hit a key three-pointer in the final 32 seconds to lift Los ...
He has covered 27 World Series, 19 Wimbledons and many other major events, including the Super Bowl, World Cup soccer, NBA Finals, four major golf tournaments and U.S. Open tennis championships. He graduated from Santa Monica High School in 1966 and UC Berkeley with a B.A. in journalistic studies in 1971.
Palos Verdes 3, South Torrance 1: Ryan Anderson struck out six in six innings. San Pedro 7, Santa Monica 2: Jake Harper had two hits for the Pirates. Sylmar 5, Verdugo Hills 3: Andrew Jaime threw a complete game. Adrian Jaime had a two-run inside-the-park home run.
He has worked with Norman Van Aken, described as "The Culinary Titan of Florida," and internationally renowned chef and restaurateur Richard Sandoval, and was part of the creative team that opened Zengo, a new restaurant in Santa Monica, California. The Lake Club, in eastern Manatee County, is a community of custom luxury homes featuring scenic ...
He has covered 27 World Series, 19 Wimbledons and many other major events, including the Super Bowl, World Cup soccer, NBA Finals, four major golf tournaments and U.S. Open tennis championships. He graduated from Santa Monica High School in 1966 and UC Berkeley with a B.A. in journalistic studies in 1971.
He has covered 27 World Series, 19 Wimbledons and many other major events, including the Super Bowl, World Cup soccer, NBA Finals, four major golf tournaments and U.S. Open tennis championships. He graduated from Santa Monica High School in 1966 and UC Berkeley with a B.A. in journalistic studies in 1971.
Today was the heartfelt tribute and celebration for the lives of basketball legend Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gigi Bryant. Here are the cultural highlights, from Alicia Keys to Christina Aguliera and Beyoncé.
A gallery of basketball legends joined thousands of Kobe Bryant fans in Los Angeles on Monday to pay tribute to the transcendent NBA star, his daughter and seven others who died in a helicopter crash last month that shocked the world of sports and beyond.