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.
Due to a significant increase in gas prices, the Internal Revenue Service announced that the optional standard mileage rates will increase for business purposes from 51 cents to 55.
SM PIER — Although some have described fugitive Boston crime boss James “Whitey” Bulger as a recluse, he apparently did enjoy hanging out at the historic Santa Monica Pier, where one man says he recognized Bulger in 2008 and contacted the television show “America’s Most Wanted.
DOWNTOWN — This weekend, historic Main Street will be transformed as it hosts Santa Monica’s 11th annual Summer Soulstice and sidewalk sale, a two-day event where vendors will line the street and over 20 bands will perform.
LOS ANGELES — Civil rights lawyers criticized a plan adopted Wednesday by the Department of Veterans Affairs for a sprawling Los Angeles campus at the center of a lawsuit claiming the agency was failing to house homeless vets on the property as intended.
DOWNTOWN — What began as a typical dispute over a parking ticket has snowballed into a legal battle that could eventually involve dozens of drivers who challenged citations issued by the Santa Monica Police Department over the last two years.
CITY HALL — Tuesday night in front of the California Heritage Museum, a group of food trucks slung tacos and other eclectic fare to a crowd of hungry individuals and families that meandered up and down Main Street.
PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY — James "Whitey" Bulger, a notorious Boston gangster on the FBI’s "Ten Most Wanted" list for his alleged role in 19 murders, was captured Wednesday in Santa Monica after living on the run for 16 years, authorities said.
WESTWOOD — When Melissa Del Aguila found out that she had been accepted to the school of her dreams, UCLA, she didn’t just pick up the phone and call her parents.
As the school year came to a close, Santa Monica High School Principal Dr. Hugo Pedroza served his final days as a Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District employee.
Santa Monicans will have their pick of outings to choose from as the “DatingDowntown” and “Cinema on the Street” series will be launched in Downtown next month.
