SANTA MONICA BLVD — A Santa Monica therapist is blaming business review website Yelp.com for a drastic drop in the number of referrals she’s received over the last seven months.
DOWNTOWN — A financial adviser was charged today with murder, money laundering and grand theft in connection with an alleged financial scheme that led to the 2008 fatal stabbing of Alexander Merman, a Russian-born artist who was working as an LAUSD teacher when he was killed in his Santa Monica cond
PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY — The Santa Monica Police Department announced Wednesday that it will target drivers in March who fail to yield to pedestrians in crosswalks, continuing its efforts at targeting different bad driving behaviors each month.
Crime Watch is a weekly series culled from reports provided by the Santa Monica Police Department. These are arrests only. All parties are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
DOWNTOWN — Four reputed gang members have been given what could end up life sentences for the murder of 20-year-old Richard Manuel Juarez, who was gunned down while hanging out with friends at Virginia Avenue Park in 2009, authorities said Wednesday.
Santa Monica police officers issued 66 citations over roughly seven hours Friday night during a citywide DUI “saturation patrol,” but no driver was arrested for driving under the influence, authorities said Monday.
