PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY — Two Arizona men are under arrest and face attempted murder charges for the brutal beating of a Santa Monica resident while he was working out on Santa Monica Boulevard last month, authorities said Saturday.
The iconic Santa Monica Pier is already home to the world’s first solar-powered Ferris wheel. It now can add the world’s first wind-operated amusement park game to the list.
PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY — While California may have had the highest number of anti-Semitic attacks in 2010 with 297, Santa Monica police reported only two last year, according to hate crimes data released this week by Anti-Defamation League and the SMPD.
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.
SM BEACH — On the heels of Los Angeles County’s first significant rainfall since March, Santa Monica-based Heal the Bay is urging people to not go into the water at local beaches for at least 72 hours.
SM MOUNTAINS — State fish and game wardens say a mountain lion found dead in the western Santa Monica Mountains was killed and mutilated by poachers and they are seeking tips in the case.
PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY — A 17-year-old student in the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District was being held in a juvenile detention facility Wednesday after being booked on four counts of robbery, police said.
PCH — Police said drugs played a role in Monday’s traffic collision that forced the closure of Pacific Coast Highway southbound between the California Incline and the McClure Tunnel during the evening commute.
Environmentalists and seasoned politicos are weighing in on the race to represent Santa Monica in the newly-created 50th Assembly District, throwing their weight behind two Democrats.
PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY — Santa Monica Police Chief Tim Jackman is stepping down from his post as the city’s top cop. Jackman, 52, who was appointed chief in December 2006, informed his command staff Tuesday that he would be retiring at the end of the year, but would remain on the job as interim chie
MAIN STREET — Santa Monica-based RAND Corp., a 60-year-old think tank that got its start as a government research and development unit, has selected a new leader.
PICO BLVD — The former Santa Monica headquarters of The Recording Academy, the organization that produces the music industry’s annual Grammy Awards, has been sold to developers along with two adjacent residential lots located on Santa Monica’s eastern border.
