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Here are the results of games from this past weekend, the up-to-date standings and the rest of the league schedule as we know it today. The League Director will be away until after Memorial Day, and as such, the HOOP…
TYPHOONS CAPTURE ROOKIE TOP SEED BY KNOCKING OFF ‘CANES BRONCOS ADVANCE TO BANTAM FINAL WITH WIN OVER MUSTANGS MINOR AND MAJOR TOURNAMENTS SET TO OPEN THIS WEEKEND With the round robin portion of the season all but completed, it’s tournament…
LAST TWO UNBEATENS GO DOWN, AS LEAGUE TOP SPOTS GO THROUGH MAJOR SHAKEUP TOURNAMENT PAIRINGS BEGIN TO TAKE SHAPE LEAGUE DIRECTOR HOSPITALIZED DURING GAME ACTION In another important and certainly rather tumultuous week, action continued in the Spring youth basketball…
MAGIC AND DOCS STAY PERFECT BANTAM AND MINOR SHOWDOWNS THIS WEEKEND Saturday began later than usual by several hours due to the annual “Healthy Kids Day” celebrated nationally at the YMCA and elsewhere. As such, we had games and booths…
Fans of young adult fiction turned out in droves this past Saturday for the Yallwest Festival at Santa Monica High School. More than 100 YA authors were on hand for book signings and giveaways, as well as author panels and…
NAIL BITERS GALORE ON FIRST WEEKEND BACK FROM SPRING BREAK 2 PERFECT TEAMS REMAIN OUT OF 30 7 BANTAM TEAMS WITHIN ½ GAME OF FIRST PLACE AT HALF WAY MARK Some teams took the spring break to work on their…
This Saturday, head to Memorial Park for a kid-friendly Earth Day-themed bike ride. Then, on Sunday, join Santa Monica Mayor Ted Winterer for a bike ride to Annenberg Beach House to learn about the city’s beach restoration project. From 9…
Via SMMUSD press release. The Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District Board of Education approved the appointment of Susan Samarge-Powell, Ed.D, as the new director of early learning at its April 20, 2017 regular meeting. Her position will be effective July…
Via Santa Monica-Malibu Education Foundation press release. The Santa Monica-Malibu Education Foundation is hosting its second annual Santa Monica-Malibu Wine Auction on Sunday, April 30 at the Fairmont Miramar Hotel & Bungalows, the event’s sponsor hotel in Santa Monica. The…
TEAMS SCRAMBLE TO FILL HOLIDAY ROSTERS, BATTLE TO THE END ON THE COURT DOCS AND CANES FIRST TO 3-0 SPRING BREAK HITS AS TEAMS TAKE THREE WEEKS OFF FROM GAMES As the annual spring break hit, it took a toll…
Via Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District press release. Registration is now open for Summer Adventure, a fun and affordable summer enrichment program co-sponsored by the Santa Monica-Malibu Education Foundation and the Santa Monica-Malibu Council of PTAs. The five-week program takes…
SPRING SEASON FULLY UNDERWAY AS REST OF TEAMS CELEBRATE OPENERS Os, DOCS, CANES AND MUSTANGS FIRST TO REACH 2-0 SPRING BREAK BECKONS AFTER THIS WEEKEND’S FULL SLATE Now that all of the 30 teams involved in the Santa Monica YMCA…
Via Santa Monica-Malibu Education Foundation press release. Five-time Grammy winner Michael McDonald (formerly of the Doobie Brothers and Steely Dan) and four-time Grammy winner “Weird Al” Yankovic headlined the 12th staging of the Santa Monica-Malibu Education Foundation’s annual benefit concert…
Via Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District press release. Members of the Malibu Unification Negotiations Committee (MUNC) will present their report on financial aspects associated with a proposed reorganization of the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District into two separate school districts…
Santa Monica’s first open streets event — Coast — in June 2016 was such a success, it could become an annual fall event. According to an information item posted to the city’s website at the end of last month, city…
