SAMOHI — Santa Monica’s boys’ volleyball team may have slipped a bit since opening the season ranked No. 1 in CIF-Southern Section Division 4, but they haven’t tumbled too far.
After a rain-out the weekend of the L.A. Marathon, the city’s Buy Local Expo will take to the Third Street Promenade Saturday to give the public a look at Santa Monica’s businesses.
SAMOHI — It was just one game, but it looks like Samohi baseball is ready for the Ocean League. The defending league champs got a gem of an outing from starting pitcher Adam Padilla and an offensive explosion in the fourth inning to dispatch Hawthorne, 9-0, at home.
OCEAN AVE — An abandoned suitcase that forced the evacuation of the Georgian Hotel and nearby buildings for nearly four hours on Monday was determined to be harmless, Santa Monica police said.
CITYWIDE — A pair of players from Pacifica Christian and one from St. Monica were named to the All-CIF-Southern Section basketball teams, it was announced this week.
The Santa Monica girls’ under-12 Extra Team beat a side from Camarillo Saturday on the strength of a golden goal in overtime to win an AYSO soccer championship.
SAMOHI — Head Coach James Hecht isn’t the only person who thinks Jordan Mathews is a heck of a basketball player. Apparently, the CIF-Southern Section’s coaches believe Santa Monica High School’s junior shooting guard is pretty special, too.
PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY — A Santa Monica message therapist plead guilty last week to sexually assaulting a client in 2011, police announced Wednesday. Jesse Tovar, 23, was convicted on one felony count of false imprisonment and one count of misdemeanor sexual battery.
SAMOHI — Samohi’s victory over South Torrance featured a touch of the familiar and a good helping of new. The familiar was senior Adam Padilla, who threw a complete game, allowing just a lone run during Tuesday’s 3-1 win over South.
PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY — A motorcyclist who was seriously injured when his bike collided with a sport utility vehicle on Pico Boulevard last month succumbed to his injuries at a local hospital, Santa Monica police report.
SMC — It seems that soccer is a popular sport at Santa Monica College these days. The school has resurrected its men’s soccer program after nearly 20 years of not taking the pitch.
