Santa Monica Rugby through to final four!

Santa Monica Rugby Club has done it again. In a few weeks they will take to the familiar San Diego pitch to battle it out against Las Vegas in a bid to reach the finals for the national championship title, yet again. Final score Santa Monica 20 Olympic 12. CONGRATULATIONS everyone!

Thousands of volunteers fanned out across Los Angeles Sunday for the annual clean-up and community service day, with officials estimating that the number might exceed the target of 25,000.

"We've run out of T-shirts," quipped David Levinson, a screenwriter who founded the community service project eight years ago and is now billing it as the biggest in the United States.

More than 10,000 people signed up for the event via the internet and another 12,000 signed up through the city, Deputy Mayor Larry Frank said, adding he believed the actual turn-out would be still higher.

"It's a day where we have a chance to build partnerships with community organizations and individuals all over the city," Frank said. "There's more work in the city than the city can do on its own. It's really about getting everybody participating to make the city work."

The Big Sunday program was a communal effort from the top-down to beautify the city and help the needy.

Los Angeles

The City of Los Angeles IPA: /lɒs.ˈæn.dʒə.lɪs/ (from Spanish Los Ángeles /los.ˈaŋ.xe.les/) also known simply as L.A., is the second-largest city in the United States in terms of population, as well as one of the world's most important economic, cultural, and entertainment centers. It was incorporated as a city in California on April 4, 1850, and is the county seat of Los Angeles County.