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
LOS ANGELES — A man charged with intentionally running over people on the Venice beach boardwalk confessed hours after killing a tourist and injuring 16 others, a police officer testified Wednesday.
The Santa Monica Police Department is making it easier for business owners to keep trespassers off their property.
Instead of having to fill out a form in-person, business owners can
LOSANGELES — Tourists who witnessed a terrifying auto rampage along a crowded Venice Beach boardwalk testified Tuesday that the driver seemed to be aiming for people.
The witnesses testified in court
Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Santa Monica, reached out to the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs earlier this week regarding the status of development plans for the West Los Angeles VA
CITYWIDE — Santa Monica leaders continue to publicly endorse former State Sen. and Assemblywoman Sheila Kuehl in her bid for L.A. County Supervisor.
Mayor Pam O'Connor and former
DOWNTOWN — I used to write a column about parenting for this paper called Mommie Brain. I chronicled my experiences with my older son, Benjamin, and then briefly when I had
The California Department of Education has invited three Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District elementary schools to apply for the 2014 California Distinguished Schools program.
Franklin, Webster and Roosevelt elementaries are
SMO — Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Santa Monica, sent a letter Monday to the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) calling for an expedited investigation of the September crash that left four dead
BOSTON — As former Boston crime boss James "Whitey" Bulger was led out of a courtroom to begin serving a life sentence for his murderous reign in the 1970s
PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY — A hardcore gang member was found guilty of the 2006 murders of a popular Santa Monica High School student and a man who was gunned down at
BOSTON — Former Boston crime boss James "Whitey" Bulger was led off to prison Thursday for the rest of his life, accepting his punishment in stone-faced silence as a