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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Santa Monica City Council Ponders New Expo-Adjacent Bus Site
Plans for a new bus layover site south of the 4th and Colorado Expo Light Rail station will go before the City Council tonight,...
Sustainability “Writ Large” in the Spotlight at Santa Monica Talks Events
Did you know that in the last 13 years, the number of people biking in Santa Monica increased 356 percent? Or that in the...
Coming Up: More SMPD Crackdowns, Council to Honor Bob Holbrook, and Share the Holidays at Shutters
We'll be publishing on a holiday schedule this week, with a light day on Wednesday. But here's a quick run down of a couple...
Alert: Santa Monica Police Targeting Drivers, Cyclists Again
The Santa Monica Police Department is once again targeting dangerous behavior by street users, whether you're behind the wheel, on foot, or on a...
Techweek Returns to Santa Monica
Techweek Los Angeles returns to Silicon Beach this week, pitching its tent on the Santa Monica Pier for a week-long celebration of the region's...
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Transit Advocates Open Second Front in Fight to Reverse Newsom’s CARB Climate Funding Cuts
California transit, housing, and environmental advocates are escalating their...
Kool Happenings: The Not-So-Secret Police and Clockwork Orange for Musk and Kennedy
Historian and futurist, Nils Gilman, wrote a piece earlier...
‘Flock Off’: Mass Surveillance Surge Jeopardizes Lifesaving Crash Reduction Strategy
Give them liberty … and give us death.A forthcoming...
OPA Update 7/30/26: Unpermitted Turf @ Ocean Park School, Festival of Chariots Parade, & Other Things To Do This Weekend
MAIN STREET WILL BE CLOSED TO VEHICLES SUNDAY AM...

