Santa Monica Next and our community partners have two exciting events this month, so make sure you mark your calendar. On Sunday, October 11, at 5 p.m., join Santa Monica Next and Santa Monica Spoke for food, drinks, and a fun look…
Four years after the City Council voted in favor of a development agreement with Colorado Creative Studios for the new 200,000-square-foot Santa Monica Gateway, construction has begun on the glass-and-metal creative office building. The project is located at the corner of Stewart Street…
Due to popular demand, CycleHop, the company running Santa Monica’s Breeze bike-share program, will extend the testing period past the October 1 date it was originally scheduled to end. Breeze, which is on track to be L.A. County’s first public…
To help with its district-wide fundraising efforts for extracurricular programs, teachers’ aides, and other services for schools, the Santa Monica-Malibu Education Foundation is holding its innagural “Pledge Days” campaign. The Santa Monica Public Library is asking you to design its…
Do you have an innovative idea that can bring your city into the 21st century? How about a new app that will improve how we get around? Or how we interact with our local representatives? The city of Santa Monica…
The Santa Monica City Council will vote on an ordinance Tuesday that would raise the city-wide minimum wage to $15 an hour by July 1, 2020 for most businesses. As proposed, Santa Monica’s new living wage ordinance would mirror Los…
On her first day at the Santa Monica People’s Academy, Sabrina Fields had an eye-opening experience. The native of the bayside city decided to take the six-week course, offered by the city manager’s office to help residents better understand the…
What is a healthy community? And what role does the built environment play in creating a healthy community? These were the questions tackled by a Westside Urban Forum panel Friday, moderated by UCLA Professor, Fred Zimmerman, who chairs the Department…
This week, the Santa Monica Jaycees have a panel on women in politics, the future of the Santa Monica Pier is up for discussion, there will be a family-friendly story time in Tongva Park, and the Housing Commission continues its…
No, this isn’t an out-of-season April Fools joke. The conservative no-growth group, Residocracy, has decided that virtually every project in Santa Monica going forward should be approved by the voters. The group, whose opposition to the Bergamot Transit Village project…
The Santa Monica Planning Commission tonight will take a look at a mid-rise (4-to-5 story) mixed-use project that, if approved, would add 90 new homes — including nine three-bedroom apartments for families — about two blocks from the future Downtown Santa…
Santa Monica is one step closer to fully launching L.A. County’s first public bike-share system. Five hundred brand new bikes, which will be distributed at 80 different hubs throughout Santa Monica and part of Venice, arrived in the beach side city…
Santa Monica is at the center of a tech revolution. Hundreds of startups are based in the city, part of the Westside of L.A. County that has been dubbed “Silicon Beach.” Our Tech Tuesday feature will introduce you to some…
Celebrate Talk Like a Pirate Day with a family-friendly, buccaneer-themed bike ride, find out the latest in environmentally-friendly vehicle technology at the Alt Car Expo, and learn about what Santa Monica can do to fund affordable housing in the future.…
Downtown Santa Monica is one of the few places in the city where any new housing gets built, including affordable housing. The Kaufmann Apartments at Step Up on Colorado is the latest project to open in the city’s thriving Downtown.…
