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Historic season continues for St. Monica Mariners show talent in blowouts, poise in narrow victories BY JEFFREY I. GOODMAN Daily Press Staff Writer
At the beginning of the school year, St. Monica Catholic athletic director Frank Cruz said there was excitement on campus about the school’s football team. And the Mariners have shown why. Under the direction of secondyear coach Drew Shaw, St. Monica has won eight games in a row and
demonstrated its postseason potential heading into its regularseason finale tonight against North Hollywood-Campbell Hall at Santa Monica College. Having already secured a conference title, the Mariners (8-1, 4-0 in the Santa Fe League) will be looking to build momentum as they prepare for the upcoming CIF Southern Section playoffs. They
Sweet East Coast treat headed to Santa Monica Tasti D-Lite opens its first West Coast location
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School play requires acts of courage Samohi Theatre tackles race relations in ‘Clybourne Park’
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SWIRLING: East Coast dessertery Tasti D-Lite will open Saturday at 526 Wilshire Blvd.
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NEIGHBORHOOD: Samohi Theatre presents a ‘Raisin in the Sun’ spinoff.
BY JEFFREY I. GOODMAN Daily Press Staff Writer
The first act of “Clybourne Park” is set in 1959, when a black family’s forthcoming move creates uproar in a white neighborhood. The second act of the Bruce Norris play opens in the present day as a white couple prepares to settle into the same neighborhood, which is predominantly black but quickly gentrifying. The play is edgy, even uncomfortable. And that’s exactly why
Santa Monica High School’s theater group chose it. “It’s incredibly provocative,” Samohi Theatre director Kate Barraza said. “There’s some [cursing] and obscene jokes, and I imagine there might be a little pushback. But I do think it’ll spark conversations. People will maybe look at things in a different way.” The school’s adaptation of “Clybourne Park,” which opens tonight at the school’s Humanities
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On Saturday, Nov. 7, Tasti D-Lite will open its doors for the first time on the West Coast in Downtown Santa Monica. But the road to getting the East Coast staple out west was not a fast one, as the shop’s owners have had this plan in the works for three years. Owner Kanna Sunkara said he and his business partners first discovered Tasti D-Lite while visiting family in New York. His friend Laura would run around Central Park every day and always get Tasti D-Lite afterward. “She came to me and said ‘You gotta try this,’” Sunkara said. “I didn’t get what the big deal was. ‘Okay it’s less sugary fro yo.’ But she said, ‘No, I
don’t feel sick afterward.’ Then we realized this would absolutely kill it in Santa Monica.” Sunkara said the difference between Tasti DLite and frozen yogurt is how it really is “light.” “In Santa Monica, all the frozen yogurt here drops a sugar bomb and then you feel so sick afterward,” he said. “Tasti D-Lite is low-calorie soft-serve and we just knew it would do well here as that kind of option.” However, the shop won’t just be serving up soft-serve. “When we asked the franchisers about bringing Tasti D-Lite to L.A., they were pushing Planet Smoothie on us as well, and we weren’t thrilled about it because we had this SEE OPENING PAGE 9
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