This week, Jazz on the Lawn returns with Mostly Kosher, Santa Monica Spoke Hosts an update meeting, the city will host a discussion on preservation and change in Downtown Santa Monica, you can take a picnic on the Promenade, and…
What can the last 150 years of Santa Monica’s history teach us about the next 20? A lot, city officials hope. This Saturday at 10 a.m., the city will continue its series of workshops on preservation and change in Downtown…
The oldest building in Santa Monica sits in the heart of the city’s downtown. The squat and unassuming brick structure, sandwiched between a youth hostel and an Italian restaurant, doesn’t look like much. But more than a century ago, when…
Walking in Downtown Santa Monica is about to get a little bit more fun. Santa Monica is moving forward with a “creative crosswalks” pilot program that could transform two intersections in Downtown Santa Monica into colorful works of art with designs…
Medicare turns 51 this year and County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl will be joined on Sunday by other elected officials and community leaders for a garden party in Santa Monica to celebrate and promote even more progressive healthcare reform. On Saturday,…
This week, get your tickets for Santa Monica Next’s second-annual cocktail fundraiser, head to the Pier for the next installment of the Twilight Concert Series, and get out of the office for a Picnic on the Promenade. Join us at…
Downtown Santa Monica, Inc. wants to know what you love — and what you don’t — about the beachside city’s thriving urban core. To that end, the nonprofit that manages Santa Monica’s downtown area is employing a new digital tool,…
This week, the free summer concerts on the Santa Monica Pier start again, as do the weekly Picnic on the Promenade events and the Library at the Beach series. Then, later this month, you can help support Santa Monica Next…
Downtown Santa Monica today is one of southern California’s premiere destinations. People flock there from everywhere in the city, the region, the state, and even the world. But it wasn’t always that way. In fact, in the middle of last…
The countdown has begun for the opening of Expo Phase 2 with just over a week left before the 6.6 mile extension of the Expo line opens to the public. Starting on Monday, various members of the media, public officials,…
A new report released by the city of Santa Monica last week revealed that in Santa Monica’s booming downtown, nearly two-thirds of people living there are struggling to do so. According to the report, about 60 percent of Downtown Santa…
Santa Monica city officials have begun moving forward with a new, extended outreach schedule to get feedback from community members on the plan that will guide the future of the city’s downtown for the next 20 years. The new schedule…
City officials announced Tuesday that the community process for Santa Monica’s Downtown Community Plan, which will guide the future of the city’s thriving core for the next 15 years or so, would be extended several months to allow for more…
Santa Monica is preparing for its first open streets event, during which a 1.7 mile route along Ocean Avenue, Main Street, and Colorado Avenue will be closed to motorized vehicles, to celebrate the opening of Expo. The event is scheduled…
Santa Monica has a new neighborhood association according to several speakers at last night’s Planning Commission hearing on the revamped Downtown Specific Plan. The Downtown Neighborhood Association (DNA) has officially launched according to its president, who, along with three other…
