SMMUSD HDQTRS — Community members urged the Santa Monica-Malibu Board of Education Thursday to keep the pressure on to correct systemic problems in culture and curriculum that they feel resulted in an alleged racist incident at Santa Monica High School in May.
CORSAIR FIELD — Sitting pretty at 2-0, Samohi’s Head Coach Travis Clark is thinking about opening up a bit. Santa Monica High School’s football team is coming off an impressive 33-15 win over rival Palisades and it has Clark thumbing through his playbook pondering what he can add next to an offense
SAMOHI — Chad Wheeler may go from being a Viking to a Trojan. Santa Monica High School’s Wheeler gave a verbal commitment to USC this week, after previously agreeing to play for Arizona State next season.
Samohi’s Sarah Krenik (right) spikes the ball in the face of Torrance defenders Tuesday on campus. Samohi would win in three games: 25-17, 25-18 and 25-13,
SMMUSD HDQTRS — An old adage reads, “Where there’s smoke, there’s fire.” When it comes to an emerging trend in smoking, it’s actually vapor that local educators in the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District are cracking down on.
CORSAIR FIELD — It will be the war of the Westside on Friday. Bragging rights are on the line as Santa Monica High School and Palisades prepare to clash at Santa Monica College’s Corsair Field.
MEMORIAL PARK — Pacifica Christian’s girls’ volleyball team swept crosstown St. Monica in three games on Monday at Memorial Park. The Seawolves dominated in winning 25-13, 25-16 and 25-9 en route to improving to 2-0 on the young season.
DOWNTOWN — The Santa Monica Farmers’ Market is celebrating its 30th anniversary by partnering with Family Farmed, which is nationally recognized for working with many of the country’s largest buyers of local and sustainably grown food and “growing the market” for local and sustainable food.
SAMOHI — Retirement from coaching didn’t last too long for Debbie Skaggs. The former long-time Santa Monica High School head coach has decided to return to the softball team after taking a one-year break.
SMMUSD HDQTRS — The Board of Education tried to walk a fine line between leniency and excessive force as it weighed in on a draft revision of the substance abuse policy presented at its meeting Thursday.
