News
Active Aging Pilot Aims to Help Seniors Navigate the City Without Their Cars to...
On Wednesday, the City of Santa Monica Active Aging Pilot Program will host a walking and bicycling safety class for seniors at Wise & Healthy at 1527 4th Street at 2 p.m. The Active...
Santa Monica’s Sea Dragon Takes Flight for St. Louis. Sea Dragon 2 Coming Soon.
Well wishers to one of the Santa Monica Pier's most famous attractions, the Sea Dragon, witnessed a once-in-a-lifetime and only-in-Santa-Monica moment when a helicopter dropped its wires, snagged the city's largest green scaly resident...
Promenade Comeback: New Places Open for Doughnuts, Iced Cream
This weekend, two new trendy chain places to get sweets will open on the Third Street Promenade: Duck Donuts and Mad Scientist Ice Cream (which actually did a ‘surprise’ soft opening yesterday) in the...
Podcasts
Send Us Your Questions for Ep. 3 of What’s Next for Our Guest, Rick...
Rick Cole will be the third guest on the What's Next podcast which will be broadcast later this month. Cole is currently the Chief Deputy Controller for the City of Los Angeles and has...
What’s Next Episode 2 : Kate Cagle
Welcome to the first episode of Santa Monica Next’s new podcast What’s Next hosted by Damien Newton. This week's episode features Spectrum News 1 anchor Kate Cagle, who is perhaps even better known to...
Send Us Your Questions for Ep. 2 of What’s Next for Our Guest, Kate...
We are excited to announce the second guest for the What's Next podcast, Spectrum News 1 Anchor/Host/Reporter Kate Cagle! Cagle has been a sensation the last several years as pretty much anyone with a...
Opinion
Far Right Epoch Times Swings at “Dangerous” Santa Monica
Yesterday, the far-right news outlet Epoch Times featured Santa Monica resident, delivery driver and content maker Matt Wilson on its California Insider YouTube series. "Resident Tells How California's Famous Beachtown is Unsafe" is a...
A Taco Stand on the Corner in Santa Monica Is a Great Place for...
In the 2016 presidential election, a Trump surrogate promised a taco truck on every corner if Hilary Clinton won. This is one of many reasons I supported Hilary. However, as with most policy positions,...
It’s Time for Santa Monica to Reject Santa Monica Pulse Polls
In its most recent article on a "Santa Monica Pulse" poll, Santa Monica Lookout writer Jorge Casuso wrote, "A monthly push poll of Santa Monica residents found the vast majority wants the City to...
News wire
City Council Approves Land Use Amendments to Implement City’s State-Certified Housing Element
The following is a press release from the City of Santa Monica.
At Tuesday night’s meeting, the Santa Monica City Council took action to implement the City’s certified 6th Cycle Housing Element. City Council adopted...
Those Were the Good ‘Ol Days: When Casa del Mar Harbored a Murderous Cult
Gone with the Wynn is a YouTube channel that focuses on interesting yet not-well-known stories from famous places throughout the country. In her most recent episode, the content creator looks at the history of...
Kiwanis Charities of Santa Monica Donates $70,000 to Install New Scoreboards at Historic Belmar...
The following is a press release provided by the City of Santa Monica.
At its February 28. 2023 meeting, the Santa Monica City Council accepted a $70,000 donation from Kiwanis Charities of Santa Monica to...
Community News
OPA Newsletter: Santa Monica Has Captured Most of Our Rain This Winter, Exploring Native...
SaMo Has Captured Most of Our Rain This Winter: "Since November, the city has been using a first-of-its-kind water recycling facility to capture rain and store it underground for future use. 'Instead of this water...
Highlights & Video Clips from This Week’s OPA Monthly Meeting, Chez Tex on Main St....
Note: this newsletter was lightly edited to take some events out of the calendar that have already happened.
Highlights & Video Clips from This Week's OPA Monthly Meeting: SaMo Police Department: Officer Alpert shared vehicular / traffic safety...
Last Call! Tomorrow Is Our Relaunch Party, But RSVP’s Are Still Available!
Join us tomorrow, Saturday March 11, to celebrate the relaunch of Santa Monica Next, the progressive news source for coverage of the people, places, policies and events that will determine ‘What’s Next?’ for Santa...