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Image 1) Left Joshua Curtis from the Rio Hondo Prep High School football team chases after Griffin Seals from Santa Monica High School as Seals carries the football down the field at Santa Monica...

Img 1) Left Elijah Wilson from the St. Monica Prep High School football team runs the football down the field past Ricardo Reta from the Santa Ana Valley on his way to scoring one of the four...

image 01)Caden McCallum from the Santa Monica High School varsity football team runs down the field with the football at Santa Monica High School on Friday October 27th 2023 as Santa Monica hosted...

Img 1)Anthony Mason from the St. Monica Prep High School varsity football team catches the football as it was thrown to him by his quarterback at Santa Monica College the home field for St. Monica on...

img 1) Center Elijah Wilson from the St. Monica High School varsity football team carries the football down the field while be chased by several members of the Verbum Dei Jesuit football team at...

1) Left Palos Verdes High School quarterback Ryan Rakowski scrambles behind the line of scrimmage as Amir Jahromi from Santa Monica High School chases after Rakowski at Santa Monica High School on...

IMG 1)Center Isabella Sanchez from the Santa Monica High School girls flag football team carries the football down the field in front of a Torrance High School defender during game 1 of the double...

IMG 1) Center Elijah Wilson from the St. Monica boys' varsity football team runs down the field with the football while being chased by left Julian Dave and right Jonah Perez from Bishop Montgomery...

Carole Currey, 87, died peacefully at her Santa Monica home on July 30, 2023, surrounded by family. She succumbed to non-smoker's lung cancer. A native of Chicago, Illinois, Carole Ingeborg Lundgren...

Marguerite drew her final breath just less than a year after her husband Jim drew his. She is survived by her children Janis Holt, Ken Downing and Pamela Noel Hughes, seven grandchildren and seven...

September 5, 2023 - Students from Santa Monica High School have informed the Observer that students were sent home from the school this morning due to a power outage. School was not in session...

Dear Editor, Around July 3, the City Attorney's office issued a biased and distorted press release with claims claims which were just lot of malarkey, driven by the malicious aim to sully my...

My open letter to SM City Council and School Board on the quarter billion $+ plan to acquire the Civic Auditorium: Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District Board of Education, Santa Monica City...

In June 2023, seven Santa Monica teenagers will be recognized with the highest rank one can earn in the Scouts BSA (formerly Boy Scouts of America). The seven Scouts are Isaiah Armour, Jacques Winn...

The cast of over 80 student dancers-including over 40 Santa Monica and Culver City residents and students-are preparing to perform in Westside Ballet of Santa Monica's "Masters of Movement: Ballet...

IMG 1) Left Marcus Vlok from the Crean Lutheran boys' varsity lacrosse team along with center Ryan Schatzow and Luke Helmacy both from Santa Monica High battle for possession of the ball at Downey...

IMG 1)Left Joaquin Nava from the Santa Monica High School boys varsity lacrosse team knocks away the stick and poke check attempt of Andrew Forsland from Dos Pueblos High School at Historic Belmar...

Img 1) Left Joaquin Nava from the Santa Monica Boys' varsity lacrosse team and John Cruszcz from ML King High School check each other as they battle each other for possession of the ball at Historic...

IMG 1) Left Trux Connor from the Culver City High School boys varsity lacrosse team checks Ozgood Hawkins from Santa Monica High at Culver City High School on Wednesday April 26th for an ocean league...

IMG 1)Right Junior Manuel Castagna from the Santa Monica High School boys varsity soccer team dribbles the soccer ball around a pair of teammates from the Lynwood HIgh School Varsity soccer team at...

On April 21, there were six fires in an hour in Santa Monica. Fire fighters say the only possible explanation is that someone is setting fires locally. Some suspect the local homeless community. On...

Joshua Bodor, 19, has been found deceased on a freeway embankment. He was a graduate of John Adams Middle School and Santa Monica High School. His family announced his death on GoFundMe website. In...

Img1) Senior Christian Recendez from the Santa Monica High School boys varsity baseball team gets low to the ground to field the baseball which was hit into play by a batter from Venice High School...

IMG 4)Left Thomas Nevell from the Santa Monica High School boys varsity lacrosse team looks down at the ball getting ready to pick it up with this stick in front of Carlos Castellon from Redondo Union...

The Drowsy Chaperone transported theatergoers to the 1920's. A tale of romance with a zany cast of characters, including dancing gangsters, huge musical numbers, mistaken identity, and vaudeville...