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.
SAMOHI — The Santa Monica Vikings’ run to the semifinals of the CIF-Southern Section Division 3AA girls’ volleyball playoffs must have impressed people in high places.
CITYWIDE — A total of six Santa Monica-based basketball teams have been named to the first CIF-Southern Section polls, it was announced on Monday. The boys’ team from Santa Monica High School earned the highest ranking, with a No.
SAMOHI — For the first time in recent memory, Santa Monica High School’s boys’ and girls’ basketball teams will play a home doubleheader. Scheduled for Thursday, the girls open the action against Valencia at 5:30 p.
The boys’ basketball team from Santa Monica High School finished in fifth place of its second annual ‘The Tournament.’ SoCal powerhouse Loyola won the tournament, which concluded Saturday.
PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY — Two juveniles responsible for what has been described as a racial incident at Santa Monica High School this spring are enrolling in an diversion program meant to keep kids from turning into career criminals.
