Imagine straining to listen for an incoming rocket, sleeping with body armor nearby to maintain a state of readiness, or trying to anticipate an explosive device on the ground that may be under your feet. Now imagine that this is your life. The City of Santa Monica hosted its 75th Annual Memorial Day Observance, with participants including Shaun Dove of...

During her 14 years of marriage, Laura A., who declined to provide her last name, became an everyday drinker. Her husband, George A., was a binge drinker who drank on weekends and holidays. George had a job in advertising that paid well. They had two kids, belonged to two country clubs, took trips and remodeled their house. One New Year's...

The Santa Monica College Lady Corsairs finished the tennis season as the second ranked doubles team in California. In Ojai, Calif. from April 25 to April 27, Kaori Tsuda and Juliana Nelkin made it all the way to the doubles final of the State Championships before losing a close match to Fullerton Community College's Sarah Anderson and Victoria Vo, 6-3...

The journey from Tokyo to Los Angeles was a necessary one for Kaori Tsuda, to chart a course that led to Santa Monica College and a historic win for the Lady Corsairs tennis team. For the first time in team history, SMC won the doubles competition of the Western State Conference Championships, highlighted by Kaori Tsuda, and her teammate Juliana...

The Santa Monica College women's tennis team had a strong showing on Friday, April 12, at the Western State Conference Championships. The duo of Kaori Tsuda and Juliana Nelkin won the doubles championship against the Santa Barbara City College team of Bruna Malgalhes and Nadya Bravo 6-2 and 6-3. Tsuda and Nelkin had lost a match to Malgalhes and Bravo...

There is a bacteria that has become resistant to even the strongest antibiotics, and it can contribute to the deaths of up to half the people infected when it gets into the bloodstream, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae is "a family of germs that are difficult to treat because they have a high level...

Smoking is hazardous to our health. It is hazardous to our children's health, our friends' health and our sometimes-irritating neighbors' health. Research determined that secondhand smoke contains 4,000 chemicals, 250 of which are known to be harmful, and at least 50 of which are known to cause cancer, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Healthy Homes Program....

She turned down a full scholarship for dance to Dixie State University. She chose to leave the familiar cold of Utah for the distant and foreign Los Angeles. Pursuing a passion, Carmel Peterson is finishing up her freshman year at Santa Monica College, and has emerged as a force on the tennis court. "I heard about coach Richard," said Peterson...

The Santa Monica College Lady Corsairs fought it out at home on Thursday, winning five of the nine matches against the Ventura College Pirates. SMC's number one ranked singles player, Carmel Peterson, beat Ventura's Katy Scheck in two decisive sets, 6-0 and 6-1. Peterson's strategy seemed to have worked. "I was focused on hitting the backhand, and after the backhand,...

The Santa Monica College women's tennis team endured the hot weather, retook the Western State Conference Championship, and secured a spot in the playoffs by defeating the Glendale College Vaqueros on the road. The singles matches were hard fought as SMC's first-ranked Carmel Peterson lost to Glendale's top singles player Sofia Tavitian 6-4 and 6-4. The exchanges between Peterson and...