News from Santa Monica.
The Santa Monica City Council voted Tuesday to upzone 89 single-family parcels near the Expo/Bundy Station, a move intended to prevent new state housing law Senate Bill 79 from allowing significantly larger developments in the Pico neighborhood. The parcels are…
The following is an adapted excerpt from The Peach: A Memoir of Trauma, Survival, and Forgiveness. It explores the author’s experience as a survivor of an infamous 2003 crash which claimed the lives of ten people. It first appeared in Streetsblog USA.…
The iconic blue neon sign marking the entrance to the Santa Monica Pier will soon come down temporarily as part of the ongoing replacement of the Pier Bridge. The sign is being removed to protect it while crews demolish the…
Santa Monica is moving toward a new agreement with Metro that would allow Santa Monica Police Department officers to patrol the platforms and trains at all three of the city’s Metro E/Expo Line stations, giving the city a much more…
Every week, Santa Monica Next republishes an article from the City Manager’s Weekly Newsletter. This past week, our spectacular Public Works crews began repairs to the beach south of the Pier, where the impacts of Hurricane Marie over Labor Day…
Editor’s note: Because few people, especially parents of school-age children, have time to attend and report-out from government meetings, Santa Monica Next has been working to determine whether artificial intelligence can transcribe and write news reports from these meetings. This…
Following the launch of our AI SMMUSD meeting notes, we heard from several readers asking if we could do previews of the City Council meetings because the city’s website management system for council and commission meetings is, in the words…
Santa Monica Firefighters Local 1109 and the Santa Monica Police Officers Association have broadened their slate of endorsed City Council candidates for the November election, adding challengers Doug Trussler and Ashley Oelsen to their earlier support for incumbent Councilmember Lana…
The first joint campaign message from Santa Monicans for Renters’ Rights and UNITE HERE Local 11 is highlighting three candidates for Santa Monica City Council, while leaving two names notably absent. The message urges voters to support Mayor Caroline Torosis,…
Lincoln Middle School celebrated the reopening of its newly modernized Legacy Building last week, the latest milestone in Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District’s ongoing effort to replace aging school facilities with modern learning spaces. A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held September…
Earlier today, Goldenvoice announced the cancellation of the Ocean Way Festival, originally scheduled for the weekend of September 26, 27. Goldenvoice blamed damage caused to the beach by Hurricane Marie last weekend as the culprit for cancellation. “Storm surf and…
UNITE HERE Local 11 released its candidate endorsements yesterday in a way that is sure to stand out. The local hospitality union endorsed four candidates for three city council seats and also chose to dis-endorse two candidates. The text of…
Editor’s note: Because few people, especially parents of school-age children, have time to attend and report-out from government meetings, Santa Monica Next has been working to determine whether artificial intelligence can transcribe and write news reports from these meetings. This…
Every week Next republishes an article from City Manager Oliver Chi’s weekly newsletter. Some of the most important infrastructure work is the kind nobody sees, as evidenced by the work our Architecture Services Division and Airport Team just completed to…
The following is a submission from the Pier Corporation. The faces, stories and experiences of people drawn to one of America’s most iconic destinations will come together in “Afterglow: Portraits by Sam Comen,” a new photography exhibition opening inside the historic Santa…
