Each day as I watch the morning news I see that the poor Lakers are still in free fall, the Dodgers are still spending money like Saudi princes and, with
SAMOHI — Santa Monica's Jordan Levy and Blossom Sato were named to the All-CIF Southern Section Division 3AA girls' volleyball team, it was announced on Monday.
Sato, a
Samohi’s Jordan Mathews puts up a shot against Chaminade on Saturday during a 70-67 loss in the third place game of the Santa Monica Tournament. Loyola, who defeated Samohi on Friday, won the tournament.
SAMOHI — Down by 10 at halftime to Crenshaw, Santa Monica didn't look themselves.
Shoulders slumped, hands on hips, the game was getting away from them until senior guard
ST. MONICA — St. Monica's Briana Harris had enough.
With her team trailing during the second half, the St. Monica star senior took matters into her own hands, carrying
SAMOHI — Santa Monica boys' basketball opened its annual "The Tournament" in style, making easy work of Oaks Christian, 63-49, on Monday at home.
Oaks Christian was able
LOSANGELES — It was supposed to be a slow but smooth journey to retirement, a parade through city streets for a shuttle that logged millions of miles in space.
But Endeavour&
Some day in the future when I’ve died and my daughters eulogize my life at the funeral, I have no doubt most of how they’ll remember me to others will be measured by how many more times I told them “no” than “yes” throughout our years together.
Over the years I’ve written about dozens of “colorful” local characters. Perhaps none was more “eccentric” than Lawrence Kates, the former co-owner of the then Santa Monica Shores.
DOWNTOWN — Santa Monican Mark Verge can remember the exact day he fell in love with horse racing. It was March 22, 1981. His coach at St. Monica Catholic High School, Mike Amodei, took Verge and his best friend Doug O’Neill on a field trip to Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif.
It was a Tuesday night around 6:30. I felt like a steak with a glass of red wine. So I walked into Boa steakhouse on Ocean Avenue and Santa Monica Boulevard.
Being a UCLA alum, I planned on selecting a fellow Bruin grad at random and writing a “where are they now” column. But with the Super Bowl, a de facto national holiday, just 48 hours away, I figured I’d better make some comment.
