ST. MONICA — As the season heads into the stretch run, Mariners Head Coach Therese Charkut is pleased to be where she thought her team would be. Sitting at 13-9 overall and 2-1 in Camino Real League play, St.
SAMOHI — With a showdown with the top-ranked team in the country looming, Santa Monica just got better. As the Vikings girls basketball team prepares for Saturday’s Mater Dei game, the California Interscholastic Federation Southern Section reversed course and has granted Bianka Baltizar, a transfer
SM BAY — Students at Santa Monica High School were shocked to see extremely high levels of bacteria present in the waters here following last week’s heavy rains.
By DANIEL ARCHULETA Managing Editor ST. MONICA A last-second loss to La Salle on Friday may have cost the Mariners a chance at the Camino Real League title, but Head Coach Tony Depa still likes his team’s chances of making the playoffs.
SAMOHI — Friends and colleagues remembered Mayor Ken Genser on Sunday for his quick wit, steadfast friendship, love of a good meal and for the passion he showed serving Santa Monica as a City Councilman for the past 21 years.
Editor’s note: This is part one of a two-part series on school district finances. The Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District lurches from one fiscal crisis to another.
Samohi’s boys basketball team is currently ranked ninth in the latest California Interscholastic Federation Southern Section’s Division 1-A poll released this week.
SAMOHI — The next eight days won’t be easy for the Vikings. The Santa Monica High School girls basketball team will continue their string of big games against non-league opponents during the coming days with matchups at Troy on Saturday and Santa Ana’s Mater Dei a week later.
SAMOHI — A slow start to the season had Head Coach James Hecht scratching his head. Despite returning a starting lineup stocked with players with varsity experience, Santa Monica High School’s boys basketball team limped out to a 1-3 start, giving the long-time coach reason to wonder what was wrong.
After much deliberation, Samohi football star Luke Zelon has decided to play for Ivy League heavy-weight Harvard. The standout linebacker had been pursued by Iowa State, Washington State and New Mexico, but decided to pick education over playing for a major program.
Well, this year is off to a great start for the environmental forces. Washington D.C. has imposed a 5 cent tax on those annoying plastic bags I keep going on about.
While the late Mayor Ken Genser would have most likely preferred it if you walked or rode the bus (he was a major proponent of alternative transit), City Hall is offering free parking for the memorial service paying tribute to Santa Monica’s longest-serving elected official.
