By Julien Thompson Santa Monica
Mine was probably the first letter that your paper printed. And I reiterate: Yours is an excellent Santa Monica organ. In a perverse way I
No trespassing signs only do so much, officials say
Signs are popping up in windows of downtown businesses warning transients that loitering in front of their store can land them
Merchants, city play blame game over beggar problem
Most people would agree that vagrants and transients on the Third Street Promenade are a problem.
But there are varying opinions about
By Elizabeth Wilson Moyles Santa Monica
I can certainly relate to the comments expressed by the merchants. Working in the hotel industry brings me into contact with visitors from all
Unsolved murder considered a ‘cold case’
Accused murderer David Thomas Wright appeared in court Friday, facing capital murder charges for allegedly killing a Santa Monica woman four years ago.
Wright,
Santa Monica’s Recreation and Parks Committee recommended the city council ban smoking in all 15 of its public parks. Beverly Hills declared its parks smoke-free zones two years
By Neil Macaulay
Santa Monica should concentrate on its major problem of homeless people whose appearance and behavior are anti-social. What right have they to intrude on a restaurant
Judge shows frustration over problematic trial
By DAVE DANFORTH Daily Press Staff Writer
A homeowner who failed to get an electrical inspection wasn’t responsible for a fire that killed
Retailers frustrated with city’s enforcement of Promenade panhandlers
Retailers on the Third Street Promenade are fed up with transients sleeping in front of their stores, chasing tourists away and
Homeless murderer suspect has a long history of crime
DNA evidence has put the “cold” four-year-old murder case of a Santa Monica woman back under the spotlight.
The
By Daily Press staff
An apparent homeless woman was reportedly raped last week while she was sleeping in a downtown alley.
On June 12, at about 2 a.m., Santa
