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City Arrests Suspect in Attacks on Elderly Residents, Including One at Lincoln and Wilshire
An 87 year old man reportedly suffered a violent blow to his head delivered by another male pedestrian. The assailant and victim were walking at the intersection of Lincoln and Wilshire on Saturday...
Starbucks Sued After Employee Refuses to Serve 2 Israelis, Calling them "[email protected]*king Foreigners."
Ran Sikolsky and Jonathan Guttman were insulted and refused service due to their foreign ancestry at a Venice Starbucks, the two men allege in a complaint filed today at the Santa Monica courthouse....
Winter Storm drops rain and snow on Southern California as Thanksgiving Approaches
Winter Storm in Santa Monica By Samuel Alioto 11/27: A storm from the Gulf of Alaska dropped rain on Southern California Wednesday. Snow in the mountains, and cold winds were expected through...
Police Apprehend Robbery Suspect after he Flees Brentwood Apt., Crashes into Building on Montana Avenue
Update, 8:30 PM: Police apprehended one suspect and are searching for a second. "They're having a debrief with all the officers. One of the cops just told me they found the suspect hiding in a yard 5...
Squirrel crawls into transformer at Lincoln and Washington, causing power outage.
Update 6 PM PST electrical power has been restored to all areas. A power outage at Lincoln and Washington extending over at least eight square city blocks began at about 4 p.m. on Monday, November...
City Plans to Do What It Wants With Airport Land it Will Inherit in 2028
The Santa Monica Airport Commission, agreeing with the concerns of residents, voted unanimously on November 19 to oppose the city's plan to 'temporarily' move some of their services to the Santa...
Santa Monica Pier Evacuated Due to Lightning
The City of Santa Monica issued the following alert through its electronic system at 9:30 am on Wednesday morning: An electrical storm with lightning has been reported in Santa Monica. Please...
As City Council Extends Scooter Rules, SMPD Gets Traffic Safety Grant
11/13: The Santa Monica City Council voted to extend Santa Monica’s Shared Mobility Pilot Program. You may recall that Bird started putting its scooters in Santa Monica without first obtaining any...
Still no answer why 100 Needles Appeared on Venice Beach
There is still no answer why medical waste appeared on Venice Beach on 11/10/2019. More than 100 needles and other medical supplies washed ashore on Venice beach Sunday morning, lifeguards said. The...
Man Indicted for Murder of Camper in Malibu State Park, Trying to Kill Others
The homeless man who shot a father in front of his own children has been indicted, the LA County DA said. On June 22, 2019, Rauda shot and killed Tristan Beaudette, 35, while he was camping in a...
Yet Another Tower to Start Construction on Lincoln Boulevard in Santa Monica
The canyon of construction that Lincoln Boulevard has become near the 10 Freeway onramp is going to receive a new addition to the mess this spring. The current surface parking lot between Santa...
SMPD Appeals to the public to help find a missing dementia patient.
The SMPD has appealed for assistance in locating Mr. Jerry Peels who was last seen on November 1, 2019. Jerry Peels, 62, is a resident of the Beachwood Homes located in the 1300 block of 15th Street...
Transient Sentenced to Life in Prison For 2016 Westlake Fire That Killed Five People
A 25-year-old transient was sentenced today to life in prison without the possibility of parole for killing five people after he set fire to a vacant building in the Westlake District three years...
Mechanical Failure Delays Start of Ice Skating in Downtown Santa Monica
The City Council is desperate to turn this parking lot into 14 stories of expensive apartments to fund the City's Union Employee lavish pensions. A recent equipment failure turned the annual ice...
Los Angeles Enacts "Emergency Moratorium" on No-Fault Evictions of Tenants
Fearing that mass evictions could follow after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed rent cap and stronger tenant protections into law, the Los Angeles City Council has approved an emergency moratorium on...
Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi's Replacement Terminated by US Troops, Tweets Trump
Being the apparent successor to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is a lifetime appointment, but you might not live very long. Bagdadi's successor is also dead, President Trump tweeted Tuesday morning. According...
Photo of a Wedding Rehearsal Near Sonoma Captures the Kincaide Fire
Karna Roa shot the photo of her career on Saturday at a rehearsal dinner in Sonoma County. Curtis and Katie Furland, a couple from Chicago were rehearsing for their wedding, wearing masks over their f...
Multiple Victims in Long Beach Shooting near Nail Salon on 7th and Temple
Three men were shot dead and nine other people were injured in a shooting that took place at a home next to a Long Beach nail salon at Seventh Street and Temple Avenue. The shooting happened just...
Malibu Schools Closed on Halloween, but SM Schools Will be Open
What some authorities are calling the worst "Red Flag Alert" since 2009, has caused fires mostly in Ventura County. LA County has so far escaped the worst of it. Nevertheless, the SMMUSD will close Ma...
LA Fire Dept Announces Repopulation of Areas Impacted by Getty Fires
The Los Angeles Fire Department is announcing the repopulation of areas impacted by the Getty Fire. Effective October 30, 2019. http://tinyurl.com/y3ozamzm . #GettyFire #Repopulation; INC#0074;...
A 2018 DoJ report says that violent crime was up in Santa Monica, 2018 over 2017.
An FBI report says that violent crime is up in Santa Monica. The report says that on a per capita basis, Santa Monica was the third most unsafe city in California, after San Francisco and Oakland....
Pair Pleads to Running High-End Automobile Sublease Scam
Two men have admitted to stealing nearly $4 million in cash and luxury vehicles in a high-end automobile sublease scam from 2017 to 2019 in the San Fernando Valley, the Los Angeles County District...
PCH Reopened from Temescal to Chautauqua. Traffic on Sunset in Palisades at a standstill
No one outside the Los Angeles Sheriff's Dept is sure why. But authorities are routing traffic off Southbound PCH up the hill at Temescal canyon. As the area is being evacuated, sheriffs deputies are...
All Santa Monica and Malibu Schools Closed 10/28 Due to #gettyfire
As a Mandatory evacuation expanded all the way to Temescal Canyon road, affecting the Pacific Palisades and Brentwood, some schools closed but others were open. UCLA finally decided to cancel classes...
DA Files Charges in Santa Monica Pier Party Bus Shooting Case from 2017
Prosecutors announced today that they have filed homicide charges against two men who killed a 28 year old woman on a party bus near the Santa Monica pier. The two men have been identified as Ron...
