The construction fencing may still be up, but three parklets are taking shape on Main Street in Santa Monica. At the corner of Ashland and Main Street, dark wooden benches are popping up in front of Finn McCool’s. The new seating…
What can Santa Monica learn about creating a better city to a ride a bike in from one of the bike-friendliest cities in the Americas? Find out on Wednesday, May 31, as Santa Monica Spoke hosts Chris Morfas, senior adviser to…
Everytable, the grab-and-go eatery aimed at delivering affordable and healthy food, will celebrate the grand opening of its Santa Monica location on May 30. The Santa Monica location — at the 1315 Third Street Promenade — is Everytable’s fourth restaurant.…
A new report by the California Housing Partnership Corporation released Monday revealed that L.A. County was short more than half a million affordable rental homes to meet the needs of the region’s low-income residents. Home to roughly one percent of…
Summer is around the corner and in Santa Monica for more than 30 years that has meant free concerts on the Pier. The lineup for the 33rd annual Twilight Concert Series, sponsored by Snap, Inc., is out today and includes…
The Westside’s first Whole Foods 365 has got an opening date now. According to Whole Foods 365 reps, the the high-end grocer’s more affordable chain will open its Santa Monica location at the northeast corner of Pico and Cloverfield on August…
Santa Monica released the results of this year’s annual city-wide homelessness count Tuesday, showing a major uptick in the number of people struggling with homelessness in the city, underscoring the growing regional housing affordability crisis. Officials released the results Tuesday…
The Santa Monica City Council Tuesday night unanimously supported a motion calling for staff to bring back some options for a dedicated Vision Zero staff person and program-specific funding for safer streets in the city’s upcoming budget. The motion, which…
The Santa Monica City Council will look at traffic safety tonight, just more than a month after a particularly shocking streak of traffic-related deaths rocked the beachside city. The report was placed on the agenda after a request from Councilmembers…
A bill that reaffirms the ability of local cities to require developers to include affordable rental units in new projects was passed by the State Assembly Thursday with a vote of 47 to 23. The bill, which is co-authored by…
The Santa Monica City Council passed the first stage of a plan to make Lincoln Boulevard safer, but not everyone was satisfied that it went far enough. The City Council voted 5-to-1 to move forward with the first phase of…
Rumors are flying on social media that Santa Monica may get a second Trader Joe’s. Posts on the social media site NextDoor suggested that the retail space on the ground floor of a new mixed-use apartment building at 23rd and…
About one in five Santa Monica residents worry about paying rent or their mortgage. Only 56 percent of people in Santa Monica feel they can trust their neighbors, compared to 80 percent nationwide. And a third of the beachside city’s…
Community Corporation of Santa Monica, the city’s lead nonprofit affordable housing provider, held a ceremony Tuesday to celebrate the organization’s newest project, The Arroyo. The new building at 1626 Lincoln Blvd., which Community Corporation of Santa Monica’s Executive Director Tara Barauskas…
This Saturday, head to Memorial Park for a kid-friendly Earth Day-themed bike ride. Then, on Sunday, join Santa Monica Mayor Ted Winterer for a bike ride to Annenberg Beach House to learn about the city’s beach restoration project. From 9…
