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.
DOWNTOWN — Cheaper hotel rooms, better movie theaters and a more exciting nightlife are some of the reasons why the American Film Market, one of the world’s largest gatherings of independent filmmakers and producers, is considering leaving Santa Monica in 2013 for Downtown Los Angeles, according to
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.
AIRPORT COURTHOUSE — A man charged with stabbing his wife to death as she worked at a checkout stand at a Santa Monica Albertson’s plead not guilty Thursday and is being held in lieu of $1 million bail, officials with the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office said.
