Santa Monica Observer - Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words

img 1) Left Preston Ezewiro from the Mira Costa High School boys varsity basketball team attempts a shot at the basket while Anton Berge Wells makes an attempt to block the shot by Ezewiro on January...

Img 1)Left Karen Garcia from the Santa Monica High School girls varsity basketball team gets ready for a layup under the out stretched arm of Maile Nakati from Mira Costa High School inside the North...

To be so hungry for God one renounces the world is one testament of spiritual love. BAP Production's Man of God tells the historical story of St. Nektarios of Greece, a saint canonized for not just...

A mentally ill individual caused Santa Monica Blvd to come to a halt Tuesday morning by blocking traffic with his body and his actions. A Santa Monica Big Blue Bus had to wait for police to remove...

Ask Rusty – Will Social Security Be There for Me? Dear Rusty: I am 56 and hope to hold out to get maximum Social Security at age 70. However, with all of the talk of Social Security funds being...

Analysis Mexican cartels become the "invisible" masters of the cocaine market in Colombia His taste for Mexico led him to photograph himself disguised as a hero of the Mexican Revolution, but perhaps...

Southern California Gas Company has announced that prices in February dropped by 68%, in comparison to January. Prices were up 288% in January from last year at this time. The increase was said to be...

An initial earthquake, with a magnitude of 7.8, whose epicenter was in south central Turkey, downed buildings and raised the specter of a humanitarian crisis. A second earthquake, with a magnitude of...