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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OPA Update 3/9/26: OPA Monthly Meeting Tonight, Bowlmor Construction Updates, & Things To Do This Week

March OPA Monthly Meeting This Monday (March 9): The meeting...

The Field Is Set for Race to Represent SaMo at County Supes: Horvath Draws Two Challengers

Image: St. John's Cancer Institute With the candidate filing deadline...

Kool Happenings: The Art of Distraction

Like every magician you've ever seen, the current white...

Los Angeles’ Measure HLA at Two Years: a Timeline of How L.A. City has Resisted Safer Multimodal Streets

“Large Asphalt Repair” on Melrose Avenue. Photo by Joe...
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