When a flier was circulated last month announcing the candidate’s forum sponsored by the city’s official Neighborhood Associations; there was an immediate outcry because of one small sentence that said that recordings would not be allowed.** For better or worse,…
This podcast was produced for Streetsblog L.A. Streetsblog California offers a similar breakdown of the status of safety legislation in this article. Just last week, the legislative session for the year ended in Sacramento meaning a batch of legislation was…
DocDrew’s Swish Welcome to the first issue of volume sixteen of Swish, a periodical with recaps and photos of Santa Monica Family YMCA youth basketball games, and other pertinent info such as announcements and updates from the program. This Spring…
Speed on city streets after the changes shown on the map above: At this week’s City Council meeting, the Council voted unanimously to lower the speed limits on twenty nine streets totaling 31 miles (and raise the limit for 0.3…
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The Safer Santa Monica Slate of Mayor Phil Brock, Councilmember Oscar de la Torre, and running mates Vivian Roknian and John Putnam may have just officially announced their slate last week, but the quartet is off and running. With just…
Police and Firefighter Unions Endorse Brock, de la Torre, Roknian and Lesley Santa Monica’s police and firefighter’s unions made a joint announcement and endorsement earlier today in the City Council race. The unions endorsed incumbents Phil Brock, Oscar de la…
For the first time since 2018, the country’s largest chain bookstore will be opening its doors on the 3rd Street Promenade tomorrow morning. Barnes and Noble ended a 22 year run on the Promenade after the owner doubled the rent.…
Image via Phil Brock/Instagram Over the weekend, Mayor Phil Brock announced the “Safer Santa Monica” slate of candidates for Santa Monica City Council. Brock will be joined by incumbent City Councilmember Oscar de la Torre and first-time candidates Vivian Roknian…
At next Tuesday’s meeting of the Santa Monica City Council (agenda), the city council will vote on a pair of motions regarding Los Angeles County’s harm reduction program. Every week for one hour, the country distributes and exchanges needles, glass…
As part of the Better Blue Bus changes approved earlier this year, the Big Blue Bus is increasing access to the Santa Monica High School (Samohi) campus just as students return to school. In its monthly newsletter, the Santa Monica…
Image: Santa Monica Mayor Phil Brock at the LA28 viewing of the Paris closing ceremony. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass made international news when she promised a car-free Olympics in 2028. But as Santa Monica will be host to the…
OPA Summer Mixer Next Thursday Night (Aug. 29, 4 – 6:30pm): Get to know your neighbors while checking out the new Edgemar Restaurant & Lounge @ 2435 Main St.Enter for FREE Tickets to OPA Night @ Hollywood Bowl (Thursday Sept. 5): We have 10 tickets to…
“You are entitled to your opinion. But you are not entitled to your own facts,” is an oft- quoted truism from the late Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan. It has become more and more relevant as the ability to spread disinformation…
Via reader Bradley Ewing comes word that new stop signs and road markings are being installed at the intersection of 10th and Idaho. Idaho has been a hot spot for improvements after a fatal crash that killed bicyclist Tania Mooser…
