La Jolla Country Day’s Maya Hood steals the ball from Santa Monica High School’s Bianka Balthazar on Saturday during the Westside Challenge. Samohi lost, 64-51.
SAMOHI — Santa Monica will be the center of the SoCal girls basketball world this weekend. Dubbed the Westside Challenge, the hoops showcase in its third year will feature a roster of teams that many like events would envy.
The City Council unanimously approved an ordinance Tuesday that bans single-use plastic and paper bags, but allows retailers to sell “green” paper bags for at least a dime.
Santa Monica High School’s Danielle Joyner has the ball stolen by Hawthorne’s Alondra Alemedia on Wednesday at John Adams Middle School. Samohi won the Ocean League game, 6-0.
SAMOHI — Emotions ran high during a meeting here Tuesday addressing the Santa Monica High School community in the wake of the tragic suicide of freshman Matthew Mezza.
SAMOHI — Santa Monica High School’s boys’ soccer team is ranked second in the latest California Interscholastic Federation Southern Section Division 4 poll released on Monday.
Marty Verdugo, Samohi’s head girls’ basketball coach, has been nominated by the California Coaches Association as coach of the year, it was announced late last week.
Families are invited to a support session at Santa Monica High School tonight (Jan. 25) to discuss the community’s psychological needs after the tragic suicide of Matthew Mezza, a freshman who jumped to his death Jan.
Santa Monica High School’s Trevis Jackson dribbles around Beverly Hills’ Austin Mills on Wednesday on campus. Samohi would lose the Ocean League game, 65-62.
CITY HALL — Bracing for a fight with Sacramento, Santa Monica’s City Council joined a raft of other California cities this week by moving to shore up tens of millions of dollars per year in Redevelopment Agency funding that Gov.
SAMOHI — It’s unwise to look past any opponent, but this may be the one occasion when you can forgive a team for doing so. As Santa Monica High School’s girls’ basketball team prepares to travel to Inglewood for a matchup with Ocean League rival Morningside tonight, they can’t help but have their mi
