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.
HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. — Florida will be hit the hardest by the closing of Sears and Kmart stores, losing 11, according to a preliminary list of 79 planned closures released Thursday.
CITYWIDE — For many, the winter holidays are a time of rest. The kids are home from school, mom and dad can steal some time off of work, and everyone does their best to recreate the togetherness they wish they had the rest of the year.
16TH STREET — The Santa Monica-Malibu Education Foundation is hoping to raise its profile within the community by making a bigger presence on social media platforms bolstered by work from student volunteers.
MID CITY — Natalie Lewis is 79 years old, and she fears for her life. Lewis lives in a small studio in the 285-unit Westminster Towers, a seniors-only housing complex funded through the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development.
CITYWIDE — Every year, you see them. They stand at street corners and in front of busy shopping areas, bundled against the not-so-cold Southern California winter armed with a bell, a Santa hat and a smile to raise money for the unfortunate in what for many is a desperate time of year.
Karen Ginsberg, currently the assistant director of Community & Cultural Services, has been selected to head up the department. City Manager Rod Gould chose Ginsberg following what city officials said was an “internal rigorous recruitment process” that took place earlier this month.
PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY — Crime in Santa Monica and across the nation dropped in the first six months of 2011, according to statistics recently released by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
SMO — Flight school owners voluntarily agreed to restrict the hours their planes spend flying over Santa Monica in an attempt to “be a better neighbor” to residents that live near the airport, city officials announced Thursday.
OCEAN AVENUE — The battle over the longtime nativity scenes and their upstart atheist counterparts in Palisades Park is attracting a crowd. Adding to the national media attention and public outcry on both sides, animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals wants in.
