BROAD STAGE — In a world where the music is big, the action is intense and audiences crowd movie houses lives Yoav Goren. Silly movie references aside, Goren is the man behind the soundtracks of movie trailers.
SAMOHI — Leave it to Athletic Director Norm Lacy to keep his choice for the new baseball coach close to home. Lacy, who himself enjoys a long history in Santa Monica sports, didn’t have to look much further than alumni to select the next baseball coach at Santa Monica High School.
WEST L.A. — For eight long days, Santa Monican John McInally Jr. and his family combed area streets looking for their Alzheimer’s disease stricken father who had wandered away from his Venice home on June 10.
PUBIC SAFETY FACILITY — Santa Monica Police are searching for a suspect in a lewd conduct with a minor case that dates back to June of 2008. Investigators are reluctant to disclose the nature of the crime Christopher Carrington Camp, 67, is suspected of committing saying only that he remains a fugit
WEST L.A. — Connections are everything when it comes to recruiting ball players. West Los Angeles College’s Assistant Coach Kevin Brockway appears to have worked his connections to local baseball talent to perfection as he’s helped successfully recruit a bevy of Santa Monica High School players to p
AIRWAVES — Broadcast television viewers all over Santa Monica — and the nation for that matter — woke up today to find that their favorite channels have gone blue.
SAMOHI — Winning a league title has paid off for the Vikings’ softball team. The primary pitcher-catcher battery from Santa Monica High School’s Ocean League winning team earned the league’s top honors.
SAMOHI — This has been a banner week for Viking baseball. Santa Monica High School senior Tyler Skaggs was taken by the Los Angeles Angels in the compensation round with the 40th pick in the Major League Draft on Tuesday and former Viking and UCLA Bruin Cody Decker was taken in the 22nd round by the
TRESTLES — Malibu High School’s surf team has secret weapons. As Malibu prepares to participate in the Red Bull Riders Cup National Championship at Trestles in San Clemente against high schools from across the country, Head Coach Rich Lawson has a feeling that opposing squads may not take his team s
SAMOHI — High school sports can be a cruel mistress for coaches. When teams are losing everything is their fault and ironically winning doesn’t cure every ill.
PALOMA VALLEY — Once again, the quarter finals of the California Interscholastic Federation Southern Section playoffs proved to be the Vikings’ undoing.
By DANIEL ARCHULETA Managing Editor SAMOHI The formula is simple: Play hard and win. That’s the message Santa Monica High School softball Head Coach Debbie Skaggs has been sending to her players during this season’s California Interscholastic Federation Southern Section Division IV playoffs.
