This article first appeared at Streetsblog California. None of the six cities authorized to test the use of speed enforcement cameras has deployed them yet. A year-plus after the passage of A.B. 645 in September 2023, none of the six cities included…
The Santa Monica Democratic Club is hosting its annual Holiday Party and Toy Drive at Santa Monica Brew Works (1920 Colorado Avenue) this Sunday from 6-9 p.m. Attendees are encouraged to bring an unwrapped and un-opened child’s toy in exchange…
The Airport Conversion team is holding a meeting this weekend to both allow stakeholders (residents, business owners, workers, Mar Vista residents, etc…) to provide input on how the city can turn the airport into open space after the airport is…
In its most recent news roundup, the Ocean Park Association noted that the promised speed limit reductions on Neilson Way between Pico Boulevard and Marine Street are now in place. Speed limits dropped 5 miles per hour, from 30 to…
As we discussed earlier today, Santa Monica Next has had a great year despite a budget that doesn’t even afford us a full-time editor. As a non-profit publication, we rely on our readers to continue to support our work through…
By pretty much all accounts, Santa Monica Next had a good year. Santa Monica’s youngest and scrappiest news organization actually grew our readership well past the online readership of the Santa Moncia Star and even slipped ahead of the Lookout.…
Via the Ocean Park Association, here’s some restaurants that are open on Thanksgiving: Thanksgiving Restaurant Meal Options:
This might be the last time we look in on the laughably inaccurate Pulse Polls as their influence has waned after inacurate after inacurate poll is published.. The polls’ record of predicting elections was inaccurate in 2022, but was even…
“I’m going to wait until all the votes are in (to see) if something happens and there’s a major miracle,” outgoing Mayor Phil Brock told the Santa Monica Lookout when asked about conceding the City Council race held over two…
The following is an announcement from PAL. All puns are their responsibility. Halloween night was a BOO-tiful evening as the Santa Monica Police Activities League (PAL) hosted its annual Halloween “Spooktacular,” a thrilling event filled with ghosts, ghouls, and spooky…
OPA Emergency Preparedness Group Meeting Wednesday 6pm: All those interested are invited to attend at the 2601 Main St. Library community meeting room at 6pm. Click here to email Abe with questions, RSVP, etc. And click here to read the…
The following article was submitted by the City of Santa Monica. Santa Monica unveiled a plaque outside city hall this week inscribed with the Statement Apologizing to Santa Monica’s African American Residents and Their Descendants, on the anniversary of the…
In 2017, the City of Malibu filed a petition with the County to separate the public schools located within its city boundaries from those in Santa Monica. After years of negotiations with Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District Board Members and…
“Apparently we’re reliving our past,” said Councilmember Gleam Davis on an open-mic as the Council returned from closed session. I’m not sure exactly what Davis was talking about at the moment, but an ‘airing of grievances’ for perceived past offenses…
Winners: United Democratic Slate Dan Hall, Ellis Raskin, Barry Snell and Natalya Zernitskaya decided to run as a slate for city Council. All four of them will be seated at the dias come December. New Progressive Alliance An alliance of…
