What do you get when you give a musician a set a dumbbells? Jesse Snyder, one of America'smost interesting musicians.
He may not physically livein Santa Monica presently,
In the breezeway between Santa Monica High School's administration building and cafeteria was a poster where students could reflect and write messages. At the family's home,
Tom Taplin loved Santa Monica. It's where he lived with his wife, spent time with friends and ran his filmmaking business.
The massive earthquake that rocked Nepal over
David K. Richards, an investment manager and philanthropist who funded unique research on what it would take to make an independent Palestinian state viable as well as on the costs
Kevin Farley McCarthy, a RAND Corp. researcher who worked on projects ranging from immigration to the arts, died March 17, 2015, after a brief illness. He was 70.
McCarthy is
Her mission began in Santa Monica, where she noticed homeless children in a park during school hours. It became a far-reaching legacy that continues today.
Agnes Stevens, a longtime educator
Architect Jon Adams Jerde, FAIA, who originated "placemaking" in cities around the globe, reinventing the shopping center as an experiential and entertainment destination, died Feb. 9 at his
Richard Bailey Wagnon, a 60-year Santa Monica resident, former director of the Santa Monica High School Band, and former Music Supervisor of the Santa Monica Unified School District, died on
SMC — Santa Monica College Executive Vice President and Chief Instructional Officer Randal "Randy" Lawson died unexpectedly on Aug. 19, 2014. He was 66.
Lawson, who was appointed SMC&
A Santa Monica resident for 47 years, Dr. Carole M. Newton, died last week at the age of 89. She was a professor emeritus at UCLA Medical School where she
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
