SAMOHI — Friends of Santa Monica High School freshman Matthew Mezza on Saturday were struggling to understand what drove the 14-year-old, who played baseball at Samohi and was known as a bright student and a bit of a jokester, to jump to his death from an upper floor of the Sheraton Delfina hotel on
Parents should be calling on the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District to start using drug-sniffing dogs at our high schools and middle schools as a deterrent and a way to sniff out those bad apples who have the potential to spoil the whole bunch.
INGLEWOOD — A seesaw battle was won at the buzzer by Kristina "KJ" Johnson as Santa Monica High School’s girl’s basketball team eked out a 47-45 win over Inglewood in the Ocean League opener on Wednesday night.
Samohi’s Julia Glanz (right) battles Inglewood’s Erika Alvaredo for a ball on Wednesday at John Adams Middle School. Samohi won the Ocean League game, 9-0.
SAMOHI — A spike in drug arrests at Santa Monica High School this academic year is causing concern among parents and police officers and has prompted leaders of the school’s PTSA to call a meeting to address the issue.
Gov. Jerry Brown on Monday selected former Santa Monica High School Principal Ilene Straus to serve on the state Board of Education, according to reports.
CITY HALL — Over the next five years, City Hall planned to build over 300 affordable apartments, help fund improvements at Santa Monica High School, develop a 6-acre park in the Civic Center and build a new library in the Pico Neighborhood — all with the help of more than $280 million in redevelopme
CITYWIDE — The boys’ basketball teams from Santa Monica-based St. Monica and Crossroads held on to their top-10 rankings, according to the latest California Interscholastic Federation Southern Section Division 5AA poll released Monday.
SANTA ANA — There’s one thing for certain about the girls from Santa Monica: they are battle tested. The latest action came Saturday at national powerhouse Mater Dei.
SAMOHI — As the visual and performing arts coordinator and jazz band director, Tom Whaley has had the pleasure of mentoring many talented musicians, but one stands out from the rest.
Santa Monica High School defenders Lidla Chirstina Battaglia (left) and Mikka Alemania (right) chase West’s Megan Yapelli on Friday at John Adams Middle School.
