City officials released late last week an updated version of the plan, four years in the making, that will shape the future of Santa Monica’s thriving downtown for the next two decades. Now, city officials are calling on all community…
Across the globe, cities are undergoing a renaissance; urban centers are once again thriving as growing numbers of people choose to move away from the car-centric, suburban lifestyle that dominated the second half of the 20th century. The New Urbanism Film Festival…
Do you have a favorite bike-centric business, or a particular farmer at the Farmers Market, or maybe there is a particular yoga studio that stands out enough that you want to let the world — or at least your friends…
It’s no secret that Santa Monica is one of the most expensive places to live in California, a reality that anyone who has tried to move to the city or even within it knows all too well. While Santa Monica…
UPDATE: The revised Downtown Santa Monica Community Plan is now available at downtownsmplan.net. A revised version of the plan that will determine the future of planning in Downtown Santa Monica will be released Friday, according to city officials. The Downtown Santa…
The Internet has been abuzz recently over the recent L.A. Times article, “Billions spent, but fewer people are using public transportation in Southern California.” The responses were myriad, with people discussing the many reasons why L.A. County public transit ridership might be…
Community Corporation of Santa Monica, the city’s single-largest nonprofit provider of affordable housing, has revamped its website in the hopes of improving accessibility. “We decided to completely rebuild the Community Corp. website to ensure that it was a more useful…
Mark your calendars. This weekend, the League of Women Voters of Santa Monica (LWVSM) is hosting a luncheon with Mayor Tony Vazquez. On Saturday, February 6 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Doubletree Hotel, attendees will have a chance…
Laemmle Monica Film Center reopens to the public in Downtown Santa Monica; 626 Night Market comes to Santa Monica’s Barker Hangar; a local favorite hotspot gets a speakeasy and new name; Metro says Expo Phase II will open in May;…
Hack the Beach, Santa Monica’s four-month-long civic innovation competition, will reach its climax Thursday evening at the State of the City event when a winner will be announced from one of seven finalists. Thursday’s event is the culmination of the…
We say this a lot, but this week really is a busy week in Santa Monica. Hear from Santa Monica Mayor Tony Vazquez and City Manager Rick Cole at the State of the City, celebrate the end of Hack the…
Celebrate the end of one man’s cross-country journey by bike-share with a special Handlebar Happy Hour, get ready for the Expo line with some important meetings about train safety, volunteer for Santa Monica’s annual homeless count, and Laemmle reopens its…
Friday marked an important milestone in the progress of Expo Phase II. The Expo Construction Authority officially handed over control of the Expo Phase II track to L.A. Metro for the county transit agency to begin pre-revenue service. [pullquote align=left] “Today…
At the end of last year, we asked you to weigh in on what were some of your favorite Santa Monica Next stories of 2015. Your answers covered the gamut and included topics as diverse as our Throwback Thursday series,…
WaiveCar, an ad-supported car-share service, launched in Santa Monica and Venice this week with an all-electric fleet of 20 vehicles available to users for free. The free car-share service is supported by ads companies take out on the cars themselves,…
