News from Santa Monica.
At next Tuesday’s meeting of the Santa Monica City Council (agenda), the city council will vote on a pair of motions regarding Los Angeles County’s harm reduction program. Every week for one hour, the country distributes and exchanges needles, glass…
As part of the Better Blue Bus changes approved earlier this year, the Big Blue Bus is increasing access to the Santa Monica High School (Samohi) campus just as students return to school. In its monthly newsletter, the Santa Monica…
Image: Santa Monica Mayor Phil Brock at the LA28 viewing of the Paris closing ceremony. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass made international news when she promised a car-free Olympics in 2028. But as Santa Monica will be host to the…
OPA Summer Mixer Next Thursday Night (Aug. 29, 4 – 6:30pm): Get to know your neighbors while checking out the new Edgemar Restaurant & Lounge @ 2435 Main St.Enter for FREE Tickets to OPA Night @ Hollywood Bowl (Thursday Sept. 5): We have 10 tickets to…
Via reader Bradley Ewing comes word that new stop signs and road markings are being installed at the intersection of 10th and Idaho. Idaho has been a hot spot for improvements after a fatal crash that killed bicyclist Tania Mooser…
The Epoch Times is a media outlet best known for spreading misinformation about Climate Change and the 2020 election results. Its California Insider YouTube videocast focuses mostly on crime and paints a picture of California, especially its most liberal-leaning cities,…
Last week at this time, there were almost two dozen names being bandied about as potential candidates for City Council. But after the City Clerk has verified signatures, only ten candidates remain. The United Democratic Slate of four challengers, two…
OPA Connects Meeting this Wednesday @ 12pm Features Melissa Spagnuolo (Chair of the ’28 Olympics for the City): Melissa will be discussing all things LA28. Here is the Zoom link. Other OPA Upcoming Calendar of Events: North America’s Biggest Dog…
The report this story is based on is not yet available on the city’s website. In the meantime, you can read it here. In November, the City Council approved a pilot program to test the effectiveness of AI in enforcing…
The Santa Monica Office of Sustainability and the Environment and The Bay Foundation will be holding a virtual meeting tomorrow, Thursday August 15 at 5 p.m. to “learn about and provide feedback on the next phase of Santa Monica beach…
We are only one day away from the deadline to submit nominating petitions for City Council, so we should know the full ballot in the coming days. Last week, the pro-housing advocacy group Abundant Housing L.A. (AHLA) announced their endorsements,…
Los Angeles had Tom Cruise. Long Beach had Snoop Dogg. Santa Moncia had Kerri Walsh Jennings Jennings. As the Olympic torch was handed off from France to Greater Los Angeles, celebrities were omnipresent celebrating that the next summer olympics will…
OPA August Monthly Meeting TONIGHT/Monday: This month’s meeting will be at the 2601 Main St. Library starting with food provided by Triple Beam Pizza and mingling at 6:00pm. We will also be hybrid on Zoom. Here is the Zoom link…
Earlier today, Councilmember Christine Parra announced she is no longer seeking re-election to the Santa Monica City Council in a statement released to the press (available in its entirety at the Daily Press.) Parra cited the toll her mother’s ongoing…
Still angry that the City Council majority that supports the effort to end the county’s one-hour-a-week needle exchange program in Reed Park has turned its back on the misinformation it spreads to achieve that goal, the Santa Monica Coalition has…
