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.
CITY HALL — City Manager Rod Gould publicly acknowledged Tuesday that the Santa Monica Police Department mishandled the investigation of school board member Oscar de la Torre, and committed to a list of reforms meant to improve procedures within the agency.
Editor’s note: This story is part of an ongoing series that tracks the city’s expenditures appearing on upcoming Santa Monica City Council consent agendas.
PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY — A 64-year-old homeless man who was hit by a car last week while walking across Ocean Avenue has died as a result of his injuries, Santa Monica police said Monday.
There’s nothing that instills admiration for your local bus company then when the bus you’ve been waiting for for 20 minutes passes your stop. I had taken my aging TR-6 into European Exclusives for servicing last Tuesday.
Approximately six years ago, I wrote a column on technology and how it frees us. I wrote that column using a Palm Treo and e-mailed it to the editor from the side of Mammoth Mountain as I was skiing.
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.
Q: I was interested in buying an item I saw advertised on Craigslist. My mother told me to be aware of scams on Craigslist. She recently read a story about someone getting robbed from a Craigslist transaction.
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.
It’s remarkable how much of the history we were taught in school was distorted or just plain wrong. Howard Zinn, famed historian and political activist, who died in Santa Monica in January of 2010, wrote “A People’s History of the United States,” which sold 2 million copies and exposed many of these
CITY HALL — While Santa Monica city officials were worried last year that they may have to tap into a “rainy day” fund to help close a projected $13 million budget deficit, it turns out they had nothing to fear after all, ending up with a budget surplus of $7.
CITY HALL — If you like taking a dip at the Santa Monica Swim Center, are an avid lawn bowler or have a kid enrolled in a city-run sports league, be prepared to pay more come July 1.
