Santa Monica Next will be publishing regularly today, be off tomorrow and return with a normal publishing schedule the rest of the week. We wish everyone a happy, festive and safe 4th of July.
4th of July Break

Damien Newton
Damien is the executive director of the Southern California Streets Initiative which publishes Santa Monica Next, Streetsblog Los Angeles, Streetsblog San Francisco, Streetsblog California and Longbeachize.
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