> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.smdp.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Police are searching for massage parlor burglars - URL: https://www.smdp.com/police-are-searching-for-massage-parlor-burglars/ - Published: 2005-05-05T15:00:00.000Z - Updated: 2026-10-23T06:54:53.000Z - Author: Guest Author - Tags: Crime, Santa Monica, #archive-import *COMMUNITY BRIEFS* *By Daily Press staff* POLICE HDQTRS. — Authorities are looking for two Hispanic men who have robbed at least five massage parlors throughout the city in the past several months. Police said the suspects enter the parlors, confront the employees and demand money. During two of the robberies, the suspects used a knife to threaten the victim and in another incident, they simulated a weapon. No one has been injured during the robberies, police said. The suspects are described as between five feet, three inches tall and six feet, one inch tall, weighing between 130 pounds to 170 pounds, having short hair, and fair to medium complexions. The suspects are usually wearing dark clothing during the robberies, police said. Anyone having any information regarding the robberies is encouraged to call the robbery/homicide unit of the Santa Monica Police Department at (310) 458-8451 or the watch commander’s office at (310) 458-8426. Callers who wish to remain anonymous, yet still become eligible for a reward, also may call the WeTip national hotline at 1-800-78-CRIME (27463). behind privet hedges. Next to a gazebo grow guava, pomegranate, and an espaliered “Anna” apple. Landscape architect Joseph Marek and garden designer Nancy Goslee Power designed The Vance Garden in Pacific Palisades, evocative of the gardens of Italy and the south of France. The Northridge earthquake destroyed the original house on the site and MDA Johnson Favaro designed the new classically detailed contemporary house. Simple materials of stone and gravel were used, along with strong plantings of olives, agaves, rosemary, eleangus, pittosporums and palms. Hollywood House, so named by the current owners because of the old Hollywood feel, was built in 1918 and is among the oldest in Brentwood Park. A wisteria-covered pergola and sculpted boxwood hedges meet to create an inviting entry to the Old World garden. The Benton Garden in Brentwood is a secluded garden that celebrates nature, space, and light. It is harmoniously integrated with the site — a gently sloping dell surrounded by Japanese maple, Brazilian pepper, and eucalyptus. With California lilac, sage, toyon, poppies, penstemon, and other native plant species covering the hillside, the Gottlieb Native Plant Garden has developed into a lush native plant “conservancy” and wildlife habitat. The garden demonstrates that California native and drought tolerant does not have to mean brown and dry. In the Gottlieb garden — it means a year-round spectacle of color — form, texture and fragrance, as well as a haven for a vast selection of birds. More than 400 roses, some antique and some modern, are at the Foothill Road Garden. Some areas have been planted according to their conditions (a corridor of shaded woodland, for instance) and some according to color — a “blue bed” and a “gaudy corner” of hotter, brighter plants with a tropical feel. The many gardens at The Garden at Tilden Lodge achieve the goal of shutting out the city and encouraging peacefulness and serenity — an urban antidote. Enjoy the formal rose garden, a woodland garden with a 2,000-gallon pond, a greenhouse for tropical orchids, a redwood “forest,” and a xeriscape garden parkway. The tour begins at the Greystone Mansion and Park, 905 Loma Vista Dr. in Beverly Hills where discount ticket booklets, Open Days directories and Garden Conservancy memberships will be available for purchase. For more details call 1-888- 842-2442 or visit www.gardenconservancy.org. The Open Days gardens and others are featured in the 2005 Open Days Directory, a soft-cover book that includes detailed driving directions and vivid descriptions of each garden written by their owners. The National Edition includes garden listings in 21 states and costs $20.45, including shipping and handling. The West Edition (including gardens in Arizona, California, Colorado, Oregon, Texas, and Washington) costs $6.95, including shipping and handling. Each directory also includes a free admission ticket (valued at $5). Call the Garden Conservancy toll free at 1-888-842-2442, to order with a VISA or MasterCard, or send a check or money order to: the Garden Conservancy, P.O. Box 219, Cold Spring, NY 10516. The Garden Conservancy introduced the Open Days Program in 1995 as a means of introducing the public to gardening by providing easy access to notable examples of design and horticultural practice, and proving that exceptional American gardens are still being created, organizers said. The Open Days Program is America’s only national private garden-visiting program, and is made possible by the work of hundreds of volunteers nationwide. Visit the Garden Conservancy and its Open Days Program online at www.gardenconservancy.org/opendays.html. *Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on May 5, 2005.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/050505.pdf?ref=smdp.com)