News from Santa Monica.
The following is a compilation of press materials on last week’s news that ocean water in Santa Monica is safe. Public health officials announced last week that results from both ocean water and sand testing along the county coastline after…
Apologies for not posting this yesterday. The newsletter has been lightly edited to remove events that happened yesterday. Frank Gehry Designed Ocean Park Apartment Building Hits the Market: “The Hillcrest Apartments, completed in 1962 at 2807 Highland Ave., showcase Gehry’s…
Welcome to the first and only issue of volume eighteen of Swish, a periodical with recaps and photos of Santa Monica Family YMCA youth basketball games, and other pertinent info such as announcements and updates from the program. This was…
Activist Ellen Evans* announced her candidacy to replace Ben Allen as the State Senator for the 24th State Senate District. Allen is term-limited and cannot seek reelection in 2026. Evans is best known locally as one of the founders of…
Caltrans is hosting a workshop and online survey to gather input about a proposal to extend bus only lanes on Lincoln Boulevard for another 3.1 miles south to Manchester Boulevard. Currently, bus only lanes are on Lincoln Blvd. in Santa…
The Santa Monica City Council has reaffirmed its commitment to keeping its lowest-income residents housed. On Tuesday evening, the city council heard public comments and a staff presentation on the Santa Monica Housing Authority’s (SMHA) five-year plan for 2025-2030 (Agenda,…
At a Council meeting last year, LA 28 wouldn’t answer any Councilmembers’ Concerns. Earlier this morning, the City of Santa Monica announced that negotiations between the city and the Los Angeles Organizing Committee for the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games…
The lead photo was emailed to me, but I suspect it is an edit of this photo by Adventurous1984 on Reddit. In December of 2022, a banner appeared on Santa Monica Promenade property on a building owned by homelessness incarceration…
Rather than go back to the table to continue and perhaps conclude negotiations with the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District (SMMUSD), the City of Malibu opted for a more combative route…and after yesterday’s rejection they may be regretting it. Following…
Full story at this link tomorrow.
Image: That’s me, my daughter, and my mom at last year’s Better World Racing Father’s Day Run. If you’ve ever been on the Santa Monica beach path on a weekend or holiday, you’ve doubtlessly seen them (us). Hundreds of runners…
The Los Angeles County Office of Education (LACOE) is holding a hearing next Wednesday, April 2, at their headquarters in Downey at 9:00 a.m. on the petition submitted by the City of Malibu to separate its schools from the Santa…
At Tuesday’s City Council meeting, the Council unanimously voted to move forward with an “exclusive negotiating agreement” with the Revitalization Partners Group (RPG) for the refurbishment and management of the Civic Auditorium. Under the ENA, the city agrees to negotiate solely…
The city’s General Fund isn’t the only budget forcing the Santa Monica City Council to make some tough decisions. On Tuesday night, the council heard from staff and discussed options to close a deficit in funding the city’s water infrastructure…
This coming Thursday, March 27, Caltrans will be holding a public in-person only meeting at the Santa Monica Main Library (601 Santa Monica Blvd.) to discuss a $72 million pavement rehabilitation project on 12 miles of the Pacific Coast Highway…
