Press releases and official announcements from Santa Monica.
The following is a press release from Santa Monica Community College Audience Q&A follows September 12 talk with USC Law Professor Jody Armour, September 14 talk with UC Berkeley School of Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky SANTA MONICA, CA — Santa…
It is with deep regret that the Santa Monica Fire Department shares news of the passing of one of their own. Fire Engineer Dom Smith passed away on July 13, 2023, after a long and courageous battle against a work-related illness. Engineer Smith served the Santa Monica Fire Department with distinction for…
The following article first appeared at Streetsblog Los Angeles. Read part 1, here. Back in 2020, the climate was overheating in the form of large wildfires, intense hurricanes, and receding ice (all of which have since worsened). After a seven-year…
The following is a press release from the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District Dr. Onyendu comes to SMMUSD with more than 14 years of education experience, recently serving as the Director of Admissions and Attendance and Assistant Principal for Palisades…
Tune in to tonight at 6 p.m. for Streetsblog’s online roundtable on the technical, financial & political changes needed to get @CaHSRA service from SF to LA in five years. Sign up on Eventbrite for details. The California High-Speed Rail project will fundamentally transform…
The following is a lightly modified press release from Metro. As the new school year begins, the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) encourages students, families and school districts to participate in its GoPass pilot program which allows students…
The following is a lightly edited press release from the Big Blue Bus. Visit their webpage for an interactive list of service changes. Beginning Sunday, August 13, the Big Blue Bus made schedule changes on seven (7) routes to improve…
This article first appeared at Streetsblog San Francisco. Waymo and Cruise won a permit from CPUC to operate in San Francisco over the city’s objection two days after this op/ed was published. Santa Monica filed a brief in support of…
This post first appeared on Streetsblog California. Near the top of its recently released California Transportation Carbon Reduction Strategy, Caltrans notes that although switching to electric vehicles is important and necessary, it is clearly not enough – that “to achieve carbon…
The following is a press release from the City of Santa Monica. The City of Santa Monica presents two event series this August and September highlighting world traditions, the roots of Americana music, and Santa Monica’s talented youth. The activations…
Today’s scintillating topic is VMT mitigation. VMT Mitigation! VMT stands for Vehicle Miles Traveled. Mitigation means making bad things less bad. This story first appeared at Streetsblog Los Angeles. VMT mitigation is a wonky, jargon-filled subject. It is potentially very…
The following is a press release from the City of Santa Monica. The City of Santa Monica awarded 56 grants to local artists and arts organizations in the 2023-2024 funding cycle, an increase of 12% recipients from the last grants cycle, as part of its ongoing strategic…
The following is a press release from Santa Monica Community College Three Santa Monica College (SMC) STEM majors were selected for the prestigious Station1 Frontiers Fellowship (SFF), a fully-funded ten-week education, research, and internship experience focused on socially-directed science and technology. The fellowship is…
This story first appeared at Streetsblog Los Angeles. This week, singer-songwriter Taylor Swift will perform six sold-out concerts at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood. Concerts start Thursday, August 3 and continue August 4, 5, 7, 8, and 9. Across America, cities have…
This story first appeared at Streetsblog California. Finding funding to save transit from a looming “fiscal cliff” was an urgent topic of transportation discussions this spring – somewhat resolved with the signing of the state budget in June. But just…
