When the Santa Monica Fire Department was founded in 1889 it was not created with the homelessness crisis in mind. Nor the ongoing explosion of methamphetamine use, nor the breakdown
After five hours of negotiations, a suicidal man was brought to safety on Monday after threatening to harm himself on the California Incline.
At 1:15 p.m. the Santa
Today, City Manager David White announced the appointment of Danny Alvarez to lead the Santa Monica Fire Department as its new Fire Chief. Alvarez comes to Santa Monica from fellow
Enhanced enforcement of illegal vending on the Santa Monica Pier resulted in two arrests this weekend with police seizing an unregistered gun from a 14-year-old vendor and in a separate
The Santa Monica Police Officers Association and Santa Monica Firefighters Local 1109 have welcomed Santa to town for decades and this year the organizations escorted St. Nick through town as
On November 2, 2021, at about 9:21 PM, Santa Monica Police Department (SMPD) Officers responded to a report of an abandoned dishwasher on fire on the alley side of
The contents of a recycling truck caught on fire at around 12 p.m. on Oct. 22, prompting the driver to dump the burning pile of refuse onto Arizona Ave.
