Those looking to escape the crowds can head down Pico Boulevard to Casa del Mar, a classic hotel featuring classic cocktails by expert mixologist Gaston Martinez.
DOWNTOWN — With his own architectural design firm and asset management company, Sheldon D. Liber knows what it costs to do business in Santa Monica, and it isn’t cheap.
DOWNTOWN — A talent agent who worked with child actors out of his Santa Monica apartment and once made a living performing at children’s parties was charged Thursday with eight felony counts of sexual abuse involving a boy who was an aspiring singer.
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 — The Internal Revenue Service is trying to return $18.1 million in undelivered tax refund checks to more than 13,000 California taxpayers, it was announced Tuesday.
AIRPORT COURTHOUSE — Sentencing has been postponed to Jan. 18 for Paul Edmond Carpenter, who was convicted of first-degree murder for the 1998 shooting death of a German tourist during a botched robbery attempt near a beachfront hotel in Santa Monica.
DOWNTOWN LA — The former director at a private Santa Monica high school that was forced to close after filing for bankruptcy last year has agreed to pay parents and other creditors $200,000 as part of a settlement agreement, according to those familiar with the case and court records.
VIRGINIA AVENUE PARK — Michael Jackson, the community services program director at Virginia Avenue Park and a graduate of Santa Monica High School, vividly remembers the moment when he learned what it truly means to be a man.
