CORVALLIS, Ore. — Ryan Katz’ search for a new place to play college football has led him to San Diego State, he revealed on Wednesday. The former Santa Monica standout at quarterback had decided to leave Oregon State in November after losing the starting job early in the fall of 2011.
SAMOHI — A series of fights involving students from Santa Monica High School has resulted in suspensions and a stepped-up police presence near campus, officials say.
SAMOHI — Santa Monica shut out Inglewood, 3-0, Wednesday to begin the Ocean League soccer season with a win at home. In victory, Samohi’s boys’ team improves to 5-1-3 overall and 1-0 in league.
Editor’s note: Longtime Santa Monican Charles Andrews is traveling across Europe in a camper van for one year, with his family. This is the second installment in a series of columns about their adventures.
CITYWIDE — A season toiling on a football field had its rewards for local players. A total of five Santa Monica High School Vikings were named to the CIF-Southern Section Western Division First Team, it was announced on Monday.
Time to clean my plate of leftovers from 2011. Last summer, Sonny McLean’s owner Grant Woods applied for a City Hall Conditional Use Permit (CUP) for full bar alcohol sales along with extended operating hours, live entertainment and other improvements for his restaurant.
SAMOHI — When Samohi takes the floor Wednesday against Inglewood to open the Ocean League boys’ basketball season, the Vikings come into the contest battle-tested.
SMMUSD HDQTRS — Renovations at the Greek Theatre and a brand new gym planned for Santa Monica High School may be put on hold until City Hall officials determine whether or not hundreds of millions of dollars in redevelopment money is safe from a state grab, school officials say.
SM PIER — The brilliant Ferris wheel at the Santa Monica Pier is an icon. It’s also a great example of a circle. There are acute angles hidden in the spokes of the wheel, rectangular prisms in the gondolas and geometric cones in the delicious confection purchased from a nearby vendor.
SAMOHI — Santa Monica High School students returned from winter break Wednesday to find work begun on a $55 million science and technology building that promises to consolidate and modernize science education on campus.
From the Arab Spring uprisings to the Occupy Wall Street movement and austerity rallies, 2011 was the year of the protest. Dictators were toppled and governments put on notice as ordinary citizens used social media to do the extraordinary — spread a wave of dissent across continents.
