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 Rolls Out 2017 Wellbeing Index Findings, Video Series Aimed at Improving Wellbeing

Santa Monica, in partnership with Kaiser Permanente, launched the city’s 2017 Wellbeing Index findings this week, revealing a community excelling by some measures, but...

Downtown Santa Monica Celebrates Park(ing) Day with Temporary Parklet

On Friday, Downtown Santa Monica, Inc. will be celebrating Park(ing) Day, the yearly world-wide event during which people transform metered parking spaces into temporary public spaces,...

Excavation At Lincoln Middle School Results in Major Power Outages

Late Monday morning, emergency crews responded to multiple emergency calls after a construction mishap at Lincoln Middle School set of a chain reaction of...

ALERT: Suspicious Vehicle Leads to Bomb Scare and Evacuation at Santa Monica Pier

Santa Monica officials evacuated the Santa Monica Pier after reports of a suspicious vehicle led to a bomb scare. At around 4 p.m., the Santa...

Santa Monica Community Rallies to Support Committee for Racial Justice

After escalating confrontations with white supremacist groups over the past couple of months, the grassroots Committee for Racial Justice saw an outpouring of community...

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