Jason Islas

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Jason Islas is the editor of Santa Monica Next and the director of the Vote Local Campaign. Before joining Next in May 2014, Jason had covered land use, transit, politics and breaking news for The Lookout, the city’s oldest news website, since February 2011.

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Coming Up: Wellbeing Buy Local Festival, the Sun Sets on the Twilight Concert Series, BUSted! is Back, and more!

It may be a short week, but there’s always plenty to do. This week, you can catch the last Twilight Concert of 2015 at the...

Santa Monica Big Blue Bus to Hold Community Meeting on Possible Fare Increase

With Big Blue Bus' planning on increasing service by more than 10 percent as part of the agency's Expo integration service realignment, officials are...

Tech Tuesday: Foodie Shares

Santa Monica is at the center of a tech revolution. Hundreds of startups are based in the city, part of Westside of L.A. County...

Coming Up: Expo Testing Resumes, New Orleans Jazz at the Pier, and Help Plan the Future of Lincoln Blvd.

This week, test trains will start running again along the Expo line in Santa Monica, a new, multi-modal vision for Lincoln Boulevard will go...

Can High-Density Housing Solve Our Regional Housing Crisis? The Answer: It’s Complicated

Southern California Public Radio affiliate KPCC, in partnership with the Milken Institute, assembled a panel of experts Wednesday night to answer the question: can...

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L.A. Seeks Input on Proposed Speed Camera Locations

The L.A. City Department of Transportation shared proposed locations for...

Gallop Into The Lunar New Year: 90-Foot-Tall Ferris Wheel Rides High For The ‘Year of the Horse’

The following is a submission from the Pier Corporation. Pacific...

Rollout of New Housing-Near-Transit Law Encountering Confusion and Delay

The debate, amendments, passage, and signing of Senate Bill...

Santa Monica College Dance Department to Hold Spring 2026 Meet and Mingle Open House Feb. 17

The following is a press release from Santa Monica...
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