Santa Monica

Big ups to my former buddy at the Daily Cal, Ron Lin, who has this LA Times piece from my old stomping grounds, Santa Monica: By Rong-Gong Lin II Times Staff Writer June 4, 2005 To some people on the Westside and in the South Bay, 310 is more than just an area code. It’s a geographic marker Ñ one that many associate with wealth, glamour and the beach. “It stirs up feeling of ‘Ah, Ooh.’ You always have great…

Ed: “Doc” refers to Dr. Frank X. Ford, the theatre director at Samohi. Audrey says: Talked to Doc today, and he seemed really sweet and pleasant for the first time in ages. I asked him about Carl Hammer, and he said that Mr. Hammer and his wife had taken in an abandoned, fucked up girl who didn’t have a proper home, to live with them as sort of a foster child. Apparently, she confused herself with who the “enemy” was…

Ed: I was in the band from August 1995 to June 1997 and from August 1998 to June 2000. As far as everyone I knew was concerned, Dr. Carl Hammer was something of a no-nonsense teacher, but overall was a good trombone player and cared deeply about the marching band. I’m really shocked. Surf Santa Monica ; August 18 2004 By Olin Ericksen Staff Writer August 17 — For the second time in two months, a Santa Monica High School…