SAMOHI — Despite leading Santa Monica High's baseball team to a school record 29-4 mark this year, head coach Kurt Schwengel was let go by school administration.
Schwengel, in
Oscar de la Torre is his own worst enemy.
At issue was the funding of the embattled Pico Youth and Family Center that de la Torre founded and ran until
SMMUSD HDQRTRS — The co-chair of the city's largest political party has decided to run for school board after hearing that at least one current member of the board
The Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District Board of Education is currently accepting applications for openings on its district advisory committees (DACs). Applications can be found at smmusd.org/DAC/pdf/
MAIN STREET — Santa Monica's one and only parade will fill Main Street on July 4 and organizers are encouraging residents to come down to enjoy the floats, music,
Greg Coote, a successful entertainment executive and a passionate supporter of the arts in local schools, died on June 27 at the age of 72.
Friends described Coote as a
CITY HALL — Despite allegations of bookkeeping problems put forth, once again, by City Hall, City Council voted to fund the Pico Youth and Family Center (PYFC), though at a lower
Long time Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky has endorsed State Senator Ted Lieu in the race for the 33rd Congressional
District that includes Malibu, Beverly Hills and Santa Monica.
SMMUSD HDQRTRS - Nimish Patel, who pulled out a surprise victory in the 2010 Board of Education election, will not be running again.
Patel's role at as his
CITY HALL — Whatever happened to that "Chain Reaction" sculpture that everyone was so worked up about earlier this year?
In February, City Council voted to pick up the
CITYWIDE - A national aviation association spent $56,000 in support of a ballot initiative that aims to put the future of the Santa Monica Airport in the hands of
Editor:
I applaud Bill Bauer for exposing Sheila Kuehl's "old tricks" and her habit of misleading the voters ("Big battles coming in November election,"
