BROAD STAGE — When Oscar-winner Helen Hunt stepped into Santa Monica College’s Broad Stage to enjoy a performance by the graceful ballet dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov, she was somewhat shocked to see such a state-of-the-art venue located so close to her home on the Westside.
DOWNTOWN LA — Officials with the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District have been ordered to release the personnel file of a high school teacher who sexually harassed a 13-year-old female student at Santa Monica High School.
SM BEACH — The Santa Monica Pier and beach parking lots were closed for several hours Friday morning as residents and public safety officials braced for a possible tsunami following a magnitude 8.9 earthquake that struck Japan.
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 number of people who can call Santa Monica home grew slightly over the last 10 years, from 84,084 to 89,735, representing a 6.7 percent increase, according to figures released Tuesday by the U.
PICO NEIGHBORHOOD — Maria Solano will never forget the day she was told by doctors that her young son was suffering from non-Hodgkin’s Burkitt’s lymphoma, a very aggressive blood cancer.
SM BEACH — While Hollywood was recovering from an Oscars hangover, Santa Monica’s movers and shakers were drinking champagne and enjoying the sun at the Annenberg Community Beach House on Monday, celebrating the more than 50 accolades earned over the last year by businesses and organizations within
DOWNTOWN — Santa Monica’s hotels are nearly 85 percent full and the price per room is rising to levels not seen since before the great recession of 2008, good news for City Hall, retailers and restaurants, many of whom rely heavily on the estimated $1 billion spent by visitors annually.
PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY — Cops are on the hunt for two men who allegedly approached a woman with a gun, jumped in her car and sexually assaulted her. Santa Monica police said the victim was stopped at a red light at the corner of 26th Street and Colorado Avenue around 4 a.
DOWNTOWN — Santa Monicans who frequent Farmers’ Markets looking for the freshest ingredients will soon have another spot to indulge in creative culinary pursuits.
PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY — A 64-year-old homeless man who was hit by a car last week while walking across Ocean Avenue has died as a result of his injuries, Santa Monica police said Monday.
SMMUSD HDQTRS — A Los Angeles Superior Court Judge last week granted a temporary restraining order prohibiting the school district from releasing to parents personnel records of a Santa Monica High School teacher accused of having an inappropriate relationship with a female student.
