September 25, 2026
September 25, 2026
SANTA MONICA - An 82-year-old woman remained in critical condition Friday after she was struck by a turning vehicle Thursday evening in a marked crosswalk at 5th Street and Wilshire Boulevard, police said. The collision happened about 5:47 p.m. Thursday. According to a preliminary Santa Monica Police Department account, the woman was walking southbound in the marked crosswalk on the east side of the intersection when a vehicle making a left turn from southbound 5th Street...
LOS ANGELES - Flea-borne typhus is no longer a rare footnote in Los Angeles County. Public health officials have recorded a multi-year climb in cases, a record 220 infections in 2025, and 109 cases so far in 2026, including two localized outbreaks this year. The latest cluster, announced Sept. 22, involved seven symptomatic cases in the Wilshire Center neighborhood. Six people were hospitalized. All recovered. It was the county's second outbreak of the year after a five-case...
The Starbucks on Santa Monica’s Main Street will close permanently on Saturday, ending another chapter in the coffee chain’s uneasy presence along the Ocean Park commercial strip. The shop never offered what customers once expected from the brand: no tables, no couches, and no restroom. Store manager Christine said the company had reached the end of the experiment. “We have made the difficult decision to close this location permanently,” she said. “The current...
It looks like it's going to be a long weekend at Washington area pizza parlors, folks. Saudi Arabia intercepted at least one Houthi ballistic missile aimed at Riyadh and thwarted additional attempts, but the strike on the capital-complete with smoke near King Khalid International Airport-exposes the gap between the kingdom's purchased hardware and the integrated combat power the United States can bring. Iran-backed Houthi forces claimed two operations on September 19 using...
Just when you thought California had enough crime and chaos. Organized foreign gangs have repeatedly targeted Burlington Northern Santa Fe freight trains moving through San Bernardino County and neighboring Riverside County in 2026, using coordinated vehicles and, in some cases, fire to halt trains and steal cargo, according to sheriff's officials and railroad statements. The San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department has described the thefts as the work of "highly...
Susy Ysabel Aponte Polo de Tello, known as "La China Polo," was killed on September 19, 2026, during a campaign stop near a market on Avenida Ramón Castilla in Caraz, in Peru's Áncash region. She was 43. Local reports say she was shot in the head while walking with supporters about 12:40 p.m. Several other people were wounded, including minors, and were taken to Hospital San Juan de Dios in Caraz. Shocking video of the assassination, which is not for the faint of heart, may...
The Congresswoman utters words never spoken before by a member of Congress: "I'm not a lesbian or a bisexual." Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) has rejected a sworn House ethics complaint accusing her of sexual relationships with three staffers she supervised, saying she is not a lesbian or bisexual and has never been sexually involved with any staff. The complaint, filed September 17, 2026, by David B. Wheeler of the political action committee American Muckrakers, alleges Boebert...
Presley Gerber, a model and the son of supermodel Cindy Crawford and businessman Rande Gerber, died Sunday morning at a rehabilitation and sober-living facility in Santa Monica. He was 27. Santa Monica police responded at about 9:35 a.m. on September 20 to a call from the 1000 block of Berkeley Street. Newly released dispatch audio obtained by Page Six includes an automated voice citing “cardiac arrest” and “overdose,” with the address matching Resolutions Living, the...
On the night of September 20, 2026, short phone videos began circulating online. They showed clusters of bright lights-red, green, orange, blue, and white-moving against the dark sky over Tehran. Some posts placed the sighting near the Azadegan Expressway, a major ring road in the Iranian capital. Witnesses described the lights as silent and, in some accounts, hovering or shifting slowly. Additional clips from other parts of the city, and reports from Mashhad the same night,...
