Community Profiles

MAIN STREET — What is it that decides our fate? Is it the people we meet? The choices we make?...

The next time you hop on the bus to cruise down Ocean Avenue, you might experience more than just a...

ROSE BOWL — Geoffrey Strand looks forward, then back, then forward, holding up a sign directing the crowd when it’s...

PALISADES AVE — Rebecca Hutman is used to being in the spotlight. The 15-year-old Santa Monica resident has danced at Clippers...

DOWNTOWN — Tammy McLeod has always been a little competitive. Just months after picking up ballroom dancing, McLeod, 32, was already...

MONTANA AVENUE — It’s easy to think big. To dream of becoming a professional athlete, traveling the world, or helping...

DOWNTOWN — When you think about it, life is a series of forks in the road. They could be as...

OCEAN PARK — At a Boston elementary school, a boy’s third grade teacher told his parents that their son would...

DOWNTOWN — When people think of Switzerland, some of the first things that come to mind usually involve good cheese...

SANTA MONICA AIRPORT — Between Cash for Clunkers and auto industry bailouts, the message we are receiving from every angle...