News from Santa Monica.
(Damien Newton contributed background information for this article.) The city council moved Tuesday night to ensure its direction to staff is better reflected in the workings of the Neighborhood Grant Program, specifically, requirements in the grant application that had befuddled…
If you drive, walk, or bike around Santa Monica, you’ve seen them: white and yellow plastic bollards—those flexible posts meant to protect bike lanes or tighten corners—lying flat on the ground, mangled by the tires of a passing SUV or…
The Santa Monica City Council is touting measurable progress on public safety, city services, and fiscal stability as it shifts its focus toward long-term economic recovery, according to a recent staff report and council discussion outlining the results of the…
From the Big Blue Bus: Beginning Sunday, April 5, new service improvements will take effect. These enhancements are part of our ongoing Brighter Blue service improvement plan, which focuses on making public transit a more appealing alternative to driving and supports Santa…
The following is a submission from SMC. Lead Photo Credit: Gerard Burkhart Santa Monica College’s (SMC) student-run media outlet The Corsairand its staff won 16 state awards this month from the Journalism Association of Community Colleges (JACC), plus seven awards from the Associated Collegiate Press (ACP).…
The following is a lightly edited story first printed in the city manager’s newsletter. Pacifica Christian High School’s girls soccer team made history this season, turning a championship breakthrough into a deep postseason run that brought CIF State playoff games…
The Santa Monica City Council has confirmed Jay Baldwin as the city’s second poet laureate, approving a two-year appointment during its most recent meeting. Baldwin, who was born and raised in Santa Monica, currently works as a school librarian at…
The following is a submission from the City of Santa Monica. The Santa Monica City Attorney’s Office has obtained final judgments in two cases filed against landlords who failed to pay mandatory temporary relocation benefits to tenants who were displaced from their…
Eagle-eyed reader Eli Gill sends another picture of modern transportation improvements. This time it’s a red bus-only lane on Broadway. Santa Monica has opened new bus-only lanes on Broadway as part of the city’s ongoing Broadway Safety Project, a corridor…
The Santa Monica City Council voted at their 2/298 meeting night to appoint Heidi von Tongeln as the city’s permanent city attorney, elevating her from the interim role she has held since last year. Contract details were just worked out…
Earlier this week, Next reported that the city made a mistake when repainting curbs after completing storm drain repairs. Instead of red painted curbs near intersections as required by the state’s daylighting laws, the city accidentally repainted them white, as…
The League of Women Voters of Santa Monica will honor four local leaders later this month at its annual Yellow Rose Award celebration, an event that blends history, civic engagement and community recognition. The 2026 program, themed “Leading the Change:…
City Manager Oliver Chi released data from the first two years of service for the Therapeutic Transport Team and the program is showing measurable results. The city began the Therapeutic Transport Team (TTT) pilot in January 2024 in partnership with…
March arrives in Santa Monica with longer light, salt in the air, and banners quietly unfurling in honor of Women’s History Month — a tradition federally recognized each March since 1987. This year, the city’s celebration stretches from library craft…
The Santa Monica Architectural Review Board will hold a public hearing on Monday, March 2, 2026, to consider the design for the proposed 2800 28th Street residential development, a project that would replace an existing commercial property with a contemporary…
