News from Santa Monica.
When the United Democratic Slate swept all four seats in the last election, there were cheers (or concerns) that a new progressive super-majority would dramatically change the way the city operates. However, there were three controversial votes taken at last…
The following is a submission from the City of Santa Monica. Beginning August 10, the Santa Monica Department of Transportation will increase fares on the BigBlueBus system for the first time in nearly a decade: Big Blue Bus is implementing the following fare changes: Big Blue Bus will maintain: The fare increase will help offset the rising costs of fuel,…
Main St. Parade Details: The parade starts Friday at 9:30am near City Hall and runs south down Main St., ending at Barnard Way. See you there!!! Note that Main St. will be closed Friday to vehicular traffic from 6am – 1pm from Olympic Ave to Barnard…
I was doing my weekend jog on the beach path last Saturday, when I crossed underneath the Santa Monica Pier and was greeted with an eerily familiar site. Similar to my training runs in February, the volleyball courts were empty.…
We’ve all seen the movie. The multi-car train runs peacefully through mountains and valleys, puffing smoke. In the passenger cars, people eat, play cards, sleep. Ahead, however, we see that the bridge is out. Will the engineers do something in…
Facing revenue challenges due to an uncertain national outlook and a local economy slowly recovering from the COVID pandemic, the city council approved a two-year budget plan on Tuesday evening that included tough decisions focused on resilience. The budget in…
Image via a 2022 “bus pull” video from YouTube. Building momentum ahead of the upcoming weekend “Pier 360” Beach Festival, world-class strongman Martins Licis will put his strength to the test by pulling a 34,680‑pound, 35-feet long, battery electric Big Blue Bus for 30 feet through the…
At Sunday’s L.A. Press Club awards ceremony, Streetsblog L.A. – again – took home the award for best Group Blog. The award acknowledges the 2024 calendar year work of SBLA Editors Sahra Sulaiman and Joe Linton, San Gabriel Valley reporters Chris Greenspon…
The “unscrupulous nature of the enforcement” had stunned her and left the families and communities of those snatched up in the recent spate of immigration raids “irreparably” traumatized, Angelica Salas, Executive Director for the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA), told…
(Photo credit: The Samohi and Emi Yamashiro-Hergert) The above graphic shows the incredible success that Santa Monica High School continues to have in placing students in top colleges and universities around the country and the world. Samohi students will be attending…
The following is a lightly edited press release from the City of Santa Monica: Starting last Friday, adults 21+ can purchase an alcoholic beverage from a participating, licensed Promenade business and enjoy it outdoors between 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.…
Image: Clean914/Reddit Over 1,000 people gathered at Palisades Park on Saturday joining 8 million across the country and even more across the world to make clear that the global assault on democracy needs to end. Despite dire warnings from Santa…
OPA June Monthly Meeting Recap: Here is the full recording, here are the minutes, and here are some highlights from the meeting: June 21 Main St. Summer Soulstice & Make Music LA Events: Next Saturday is going to be a…
Senator Scott Wiener’s (D-SF) office announced Monday that the state legislature reached a budget agreement that walks California back from a transit fiscal cliff. When Governor Gavin Newsom released his revised budget last month, it had a double-dose of bad news…
As federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers conducted raids at work centers in Paramount City and escalated protests in Los Angeles, the Santa Monica Police Department re-released this statement from earlier this year on their social media channels. February 5,…
