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 — Santa Monica police are asking for the public’s help in locating three men involved in an alleged sexual assault, authorities said Thursday.
PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY — A 76-year-old man from Los Angeles was questioned by Santa Monica police Thursday in connection with a fatal hit-and-run collision at the corner of Lincoln and Santa Monica boulevards, authorities said.
PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY — Police are searching for a charcoal-colored Toyota Camry involved in a fatal hit-and-run collision on Santa Monica Boulevard this morning.
AIRPORT COURTHOUSE — A Los Angeles Superior Court jury Monday convicted a former fugitive charged with the 13-year-old slaying of a German tourist in Santa Monica.
SMC — Hundreds of classified employees here — including gardeners, administrative assistants and technical support staff — have agreed to a new health care plan that is expected to save the community college more than $1 million next year, officials said Monday.
CITY HALL — An organization dedicated to establishing a Santa Monica dog beach where canines can scamper in the sand without a leash have been thrown a bone.
PALISADES PARK — A man Thursday jumped off the Palisades bluffs in a suicide attempt, forcing police to close a portion of Pacific Coast Highway so they could rescue him, authorities said.
The Santa Monica Pier has recently restored a visible piece of history by returning the “Merry Go-Round” hand-painted sign to the exterior of the historic Hippodrome building, currently the home of the pier’s 1922 carousel and an old-fashioned soda fountain.
Santa Monica-Malibu school board Vice President Ben Allen has been selected by The American Council of Young Political Leaders (ACYPL) as a delegate to the Philippines for a 10-day political exchange program beginning on Nov.
PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY — A hearing has been scheduled to determine if two Arizona men suspected of brutally beating a Santa Monica resident should be extradited to Los Angeles County to face attempted murder charges, police said.
NOMA — Police are trying to track down who spray-painted roughly a dozen red swastikas on the walls of homes, businesses and parking structures in and around an affluent section of Santa Monica over the weekend.
