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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Big Blue Bus Real-Time Arrival Info Is Now on NextBus

Big Blue Bus real-time arrival information has been available on smartphone apps for a couple weeks. Now, the local transit agency's real-time arrival information...

Throwback Thursday: Watch A Century of Santa Monica Growth in 20 Seconds

Jamie Horton contributed to this report. Watch a century of Los Angeles history unfold before your eyes in a matter seconds with Built:LA, a new...

Santa Monica Airport Opponents Celebrate End of 30-Year Agreement with FAA

Opponents of Santa Monica Airport are celebrating today after a 30-year agreement between the city and the Federal Aviation Administration expired last night at...

Coming Up: Fireworks and Parades for 4th of July, Kidical Mass, and SMPL Goes to the Beach

This week Santa Monica is gearing up for Independence Day with a 4th of July-themed Kidical Mass, fireworks at Santa Monica College, and the...

Big Blue Bus Real-Time Arrival Data Keeps Getting Better and Better

It has been less than two weeks since real-time arrival information for Big Blue Bus became available online and on certain smartphone apps. And the...

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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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