KALAMATA, Greece — Jana Strain began freediving in 2008. Just two years later, she can call herself a world champion. Strain, a resident of Santa Monica, took home gold medals in both individual and team events at the Mediterranean World Cup in Kalamata, Greece, on Sunday, the final day of the two-w
SMMUSD HDQTRS — Getting in on a trend among local elected bodies, the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District Board of Education is the latest local entity to boycott the state of Arizona over its tough new anti-illegal immigration measure that critics have said may lead to racial profiling.
CITY HALL — Officials’ planned taxi-cab overhaul, which the City Council had been set to vote on Tuesday night, will have to wait at least a few more months.
THIRD STREET — All three movie theaters on the Third Street Promenade now have a single operator, since AMC Entertainment on Friday acquired the lease of the theater formerly known as the Mann Criterion 6, located near Arizona Avenue.
BY CAROLE ORLIN Special to the Daily Press I just returned from another outstanding adventure in Big Sky Country. The sirens were once again singing their songs about the grandeur that is Montana.
Editor’s note: This story is part of an ongoing series that tracks the city’s expenditures appearing on upcoming Santa Monica City Council consent agendas.
SAMOHI — Already fielding a youth-laden roster, Santa Monica’s boys’ basketball team just got even younger. Jordan Mathews, a sophomore guard and son of new UCLA assistant men’s basketball coach Phil Mathews, has transferred to Samohi from Riverside North.
Costa Rican forests are teaming with biological diversity. There are four exquisite forest types found in Costa Rica: cloud forests, Caribbean rainforests, Pacific rainforests and dry forests.
PROMENADE — The iPhone 4 does not come out until Thursday, but a group of five people has been camping outside of the Apple store at the Third Street Promenade since Saturday morning in anticipation of its release.
CITY HALL — The development company JSM Construction, which built much of Downtown Santa Monica’s housing supply, has failed to construct 52 affordable housing units it was required to build under an agreement the company entered into with City Hall.
With the defeat of Measure A, the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District’s $198 “emergency” parcel tax last month, emotions are running high. School supporters have been playing the “blame game.
SAMOHI — Come late July, 11 students from Santa Monica High School will find themselves thousands of miles away from home, walking the streets of Cape Town, South Africa.
