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.
PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY — A man who was shadow boxing on the 3100 block of Santa Monica Boulevard in the early morning hours Thursday was severely beaten by two men and is now in critical condition at a local trauma center, police said.
Are you a resident of Santa Monica or Malibu and are concerned about the state of public schools? If so, then it’s time to step up and serve. There are currently two vacancies on the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District’s Measure BB Advisory Committee, which provides the school board and dist
The Santa Monica Public Library has announced the winners of the fifth annual Green Prize for Sustainable Literature Awards and will host a ceremony on Oct.
BERKELEY ST — Talk about greased lightning. It took only 10 minutes for actor John Travolta to become a victim, his vintage Mercedes-Benz 280 SL swiped by a car thief Sunday afternoon while he was visiting a nearby Jaguar dealership, police said.
DOWNTOWN — Heading into the Taliban stronghold of Marjah with a quarter of his Afghan battalion high on hashish or opium was not how Douglas Woodhams, a major in the U.
DOWNTOWN — The Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce has created a foundation aimed at helping local nonprofits with their missions while expanding educational programs and scholarships for students.
SM BEACH — An organization dedicated to establishing a Santa Monica dog beach where canines can scamper in the sand without a leash is gearing up for another round of lobbying.
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.
CITY HALL — Taking a vacation typically means relaxing on a beach in a tropical locale or hitting the slopes at a ski resort, but for Santa Monica Deputy Police Chief Al Venegas it meant traveling to the beleaguered, scandal-ridden city of Bell where he spent two weeks running day-to-day operations
DOWNTOWN — The race to represent Santa Monica in the state Assembly in 2012 grew more competitive this week with freshman legislator Betsy Butler’s announcement that she will run for the newly-created and heavily Democratic 50th Assembly District.
PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY — Santa Monica police have ordered the 84-year-old woman ticketed for hitting Oscar-winner Reese Witherspoon in a crosswalk to head to the nearest DMV and retake her driver’s test.
