News from Santa Monica.
The Santa Monica City Council will vote tonight on the final Downtown Community Plan amid concerns that last minute changes to the plan’s affordable housing requirements will suppress much-needed housing growth. However, City Manager Rick Cole, in an email to…
This post originally appeared on Streetsblog California. In case you hadn’t heard, last night the California legislature passed a legislative package to extend the state’s cap-and-trade system until 2030. It’s a landmark victory for proponents and a rare bipartisan accord. It…
The final series of public hearings on the Downtown Santa Monica Community Plan kicked off this week with back-to-back City Council meetings. On Monday night, more than 150 people showed up for a marathon session of public testimony on the…
Yesterday, Santa Monica celebrated the Fourth of July in the same way it has for the past decade: a parade down Main Street. The parade, organized by the Ocean Park Association, featured hundreds of marchers and included nonprofit organizations like…
Claims that 60,000 people showed up to the first night of the Santa Monica Pier Concert series were greatly overstated, according to an independent tally released by Pier officials Thursday. Digital Design & Imaging Services, one of the firms that…
The police are investigating an argument turned violent that left one person hospitalized after alleged being stabbed this morning in Downtown Santa Monica. According to Santa Monica Police Department Public Information Officer Lieutenant Saul Rodriguez, officers responded to a call…
Tonight’s City Council meeting promises to be a lively one with the city’s budget up for approval, a controversial question of where to put a new sports field up for debate, and an item addressing concerns over a recent purchase…
Nearly two years after the City Council approved three parklets on Main Street, they will open to the public with a ribbon cutting Sunday at 10 a.m. The three parklets — small public open-space expansions of the sidewalk that usually replace on-street…
On Tuesday, the Santa Monica City Council will weigh its options for a possible sports field at the Civic Center. The project could cost nearly $100 million, primarily due to parking costs. Several of the proposed options in the staff…
The already three-year-long process of revitalizing Bergamot Arts Center, the five-acre parcel of city-owned land directly adjacent to the Expo 26th Street Station, will move forward after the City Council voted 5-to-1 Tuesday to support preliminary plans for the site.…
The 33rd annual Twilight Concert Series kicks off on June 22 at the Santa Monica Pier. Here are some tips for enjoying the concerts — and avoiding traffic. Anyone who has attended these concerts knows that the Pier — and…
Workers from the Santa Monica Doubletree hotel will celebrate with activists, community leaders, and elected officials Tuesday at City Hall after voting to join the local the hospitality workers union, UNITE HERE Local 11. The celebration is the culmination of…
The Santa Monica Police Department arrested 37-year-old Loriana Christine Tippin Saturday as a suspect in an attempted carjacking incident that led to a hit-and-run charge. The incident, according to Santa Monica Police officials, happened on 2nd Street between Broadway and…
Santa Monica will celebrate Juneteenth, the commemoration of the official end of slavery in the United States at the end of the Civil War, at Virginia Avenue Park on Saturday, June 17. From 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., there will be…
The Santa Monica City Council Tuesday will consider the next steps in an already three-year-long process aimed at revitalizing the city-owned, Expo-adjacent Bergamot Arts Center, rents from which subsidize the operation of the Big Blue Bus because the city purchased…
