“I’m thrilled,” said Cynthia Rose, the executive director of Santa Monica Spoke, when asked about her thoughts about the Bergamot Area First/Last Mile Improvements – a series of bicycle and pedestrian safety projects aimed at improving access to the station…
Via Twitter user @bikeboulderbike came news last week that the city had installed stop signs (and those orange flags to draw attention to the new stops) on Idaho Avenue hear Franklin Elementary. The new crossings are part of the city’s…
Update, Thursday evening: The chair of the Santa Monica Democratic Club wrote in response to the original draft of this story on our Instagram. “The support of the Santa Monica Democratic Club is not “a question mark.” Our board voted…
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Yesterday, Unite Here! Local 11, the hotel workers union, announced the details of its settlement with thirty four hotels across the Southern California region. The deal includes settlements with two Santa Monica hotels that had been previously announced, the Fairmont…
For more on the history of the Ebony Beach Club, read this excellent article in the Atlanta Black Star. At last week’s City Council meeting (Agenda, Item 16L), the Council voted unanimously to right one of the historical wrongs from…
Union actions have become a familiar site in Santa Monica over the last few months, but the location for this picket is less familiar. Yesterday, two dozen members of SEIU 99 picketed outside of the Michigan Avenue gate of Samohi…
Caption: Gleam Davis holds up a fentanyl testing kit that the county hands out with needles in their exchange program after Phil Brock complained that the county doesn’t just hand out these kits and anti-overdosing drugs. At last night’s City…
Last September, then Councilmember (now Mayor) Phil Brock made an unforced error when he introduced a motion aimed at reducing the impact that the Unite Here! Local 11 Union, the local service workers union, could have in its protests. The…
The Santa Monica Department of Transportation upgraded a pair of crosswalks with “Rectangular Rapid Flashing Beacon” (RRFB) more commonly known as “flashing lights.” The first crosswalk upgraded was at the intersection of 19th Street and San Vicente Boulevard. The second…
(Caption: The idea of an anti-harassment ordinance may be new for Santa Monica, but the need isn’t. Former Santa Monica Next editor Gary Kavanagh avoided a dooring in 2011 and still had time to capture this image of the door…
And we’re off! Earlier this morning, Dan Hall became the first candidate to formally launch a campaign for Santa Monica City Council. Four of the seven seats on the Council will be decided in this November’s election. Hall should be…
On Friday, the City of Santa Monica announced that “Safe Streets for 17th Street and Michigan Avenue” was honored by the League of California Cities as the winner of the “2024 Local Streets and Roads Project Award, Complete Streets.” The…
At next Tuesday’s City Council meeting (Agenda, Item 11a), the Council will consider selecting a development team that would turn three city-owned surface parking lots along the Wilshire corridor into multi-level permanent affordable housing. The three parking lots are located…
Earlier today, Waymo began offering fully autonomous car service for “select members of the public” in Santa Monica and Los Angeles. According to a press statement the service will include. For the first couple of weeks, rides will be free…
