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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PICTURES: Expo Rolls into Downtown Santa Monica Station

Last week, we reported that Metro was testing Expo trains between Centinela and as far west as 17th Street. Today, Expo hit another milestone...

VIDEO: Playing with Santa Monica’s Future with James Rojas

https://youtu.be/4avsR0YIAOk To plan for the future of our city, we must first rediscover our personal pasts. That is the philosophy underlying the "Place It!" workshops,...

Tech Tuesday: Real Office Centers

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....

Coming Up: Help Plan a New Playground, Americana at the Pier, and Soak Your Boss for Charity

It's Monday again and what better time to start planning the week ahead. This week, city officials want your input on Santa Monica's second...

Passenger Trains Are Once Again Rolling Through Santa Monica

Today, in Santa Monica, Metro began testing Expo Line trains running under their own power, though we will have to wait until next week...

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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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