Damien Newton

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Damien is the executive director of the Southern California Streets Initiative which publishes Santa Monica Next, Streetsblog Los Angeles, Streetsblog San Francisco, Streetsblog California and Longbeachize.

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League of Women Voters to Honor Four Local Leaders at 2026 Yellow Rose Awards

The League of Women Voters of Santa Monica will honor four local leaders later this month at its annual Yellow Rose Award celebration, an...

Eyes on the Street: City Forgets Daylighting When Repainting Curbs

Photo: Eli Gill is seeing white, not red, at 5th and Washington.Recently, the city had a lot of work to do to repair and...

Santa Monica’s Therapeutic Transport Team Shows Strong Results Two Years Into Pilot

City Manager Oliver Chi released data from the first two years of service for the Therapeutic Transport Team and the program is showing measurable...

Residential Development Adjacent to Clover Park and Business Park Heads to ARB

The Santa Monica Architectural Review Board will hold a public hearing on Monday, March 2, 2026, to consider the design for the proposed 2800...

Looking to Protest the Administration But Can’t Wait for No Kings? Indivisible Has a Weekly Protest on Thursdays

A local community action group is organizing a weekly demonstration called “Venice & Santa Monica Take Back Our Streets”, bringing together residents and allies...

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BBB Earns Another $3 Million for Electrification Efforts

Santa Monica’s push to fully electrify the Big Blue...

Kool Happenings: What We Were Not and a Shocking Choice

What We Were NotAlbert Camus was a political journalist,...

Eyes on the Street: Back to School Traffic Calming Edition

Santa Monica-Malibu Unified schools are back in session today,...
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