The SMMUSD Plan for the Civic Auditorium Goes to the School Board Tonight. Here’s the Next Primer to Get Ready for the Meeting At tonight’s meeting of the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District School Board Meeting, staff will present a…
This week’s podcast features Katie Neginsky with the International Women’s Resource Center. IWRC is a “community of learning, support, and resources for refugee and immigrant women and their families focused on building joy and momentum.” It offers plenty of ways…
We expect the podcast with the IWRC’s Katie Neginsky to drop either tomorrow or Thursday. But while we wait we are happy to announce our next podcast will feature Santa Monica Malibu Unified School District Superintendent Dr. Antonio Shelton. If…
The following is a lightly modified press release from Metro. As the new school year begins, the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) encourages students, families and school districts to participate in its GoPass pilot program which allows students…
The “Santa Monica Is Not Safe” sign has been a local irritant for both businesses trying to lure shoppers back to the 3rd Street Promenade and city officials insulted and flustered by its presence. The recent approval of an armed…
After my weekly Friday morning beach path run, my friend and I like to grab a coffee at Jinky’s at 2nd and Santa Monica Blvd. Their honey oat latte is my favorite coffee drink anywhere in the world, all due…
We’re starting a new series at Santa Monica Next where we expose readers to non-profits in the area that they might not be familiar with and provide ways that people can get more involved either locally, regionally or nationally with…
Today, UNITE HERE Local 11 filed an unfair labor practice charge (pdf copy of the complaint available here) with the National Labor Relations Board Region 31, alleging that members of the hotel industry’s Coordinated Bargaining Group, committed and/or condoned violence…
This Sunday, Main Street will host the Festival of Chariots from 10 a.m. to noon. The parade is the Santa Monica extension of an Indian Holiday that stretches back at least hundreds of years and is expected to draw 40,000…
Members of Unite Here Local 11, the union representing striking hotel workers throughout Southern California including here in Santa Monica, have officially filed paperwork to place a measure on the 2024 ballot to fund a hospitality workforce housing fund through…
At last week’s City Council meeting, the Santa Monica City Council declined to file a brief in support of the plaintiffs in the case of Samantha Williams and Brian Williams v. Jonathan Skrmetti in the United States District Court of…
Last evening, the Santa Monica City Council unanimously passed the Downtown Santa Monica Inc. (DTSM Inc.) budget. The budget includes a contract with Covered 6 Security for a one year program to add security, including at least one lethally armed…
Ridership on the Expo Line (now called the E Line, but we’re holdouts) has continued to grow as ridership across the L.A. Metro rail and bus lines continue to rebound from the lows of the pandemic. Compared to a year…
Staff at the City of Santa Monica are actively working on creating an e-bike rebate program using state funds to make it easier for low-income residents to purchase an electronic motor assisted bicycle. The city has been informed it will…
