You're not going to find many plastic bags, paper napkins or one-use water bottles in students' lunch boxes at Edison and Will Rogers elementary schools.
The Santa
When Dean Chien started as a freshman at Santa Monica High School three years ago, plans were already in motion for the Santa Monica-Malibu school district to construct a new
The heat isn't going away, and neither is the issue of uncomfortable classroom temperatures.
With warm weather extending well into October across Southern California, the Santa Monica-Malibu school
A young woman recently approached Jim Nieto and told him matter-of-factly that she wanted to compete in the Olympics.
He wasn't entirely sure how to react. The longtime
In a short message to Santa Monica High School families last year, district Superintendent Sandra Lyon weighed in on the implementation of California's new academic system.
"There
David Olds started talking about the top runners on this year's Crossroads girls cross-country team. Then he paused as if to second-guess his own analysis.
There are key
Sitting at a poolside table this summer at Santa Monica Swim Center, Dave Kelsheimer marveled about two of his most talented athletes.
He rattled off their swimming accomplishments, praised their
He spearheaded the team that swept sidewalks and washed walkways in one of the region's most popular shopping destinations, but no job was beneath Eddie Greenberg.
He called
Things have changed since Frank Cruz was an athlete at St. Monica Catholic High School.
The current athletic director remembers a time before so much emphasis was placed on diet,
It was almost as if David Olds had forgotten what it was like to have Ethan Finkel leading the way for the Crossroads boys cross-country team.
Finkel took third place
On the night of April 21, Justin Leland Palmer was attempting to charge his electric vehicle at a Virginia Avenue Park charging station when Santa Monica police approached him.
Palmer,
Dave Blackburn accomplished plenty in his life, but there was one project he didn't get to finish: his own.
The late Santa Monica resident was a decorated fastpitch
