Crime stats reveal an increase in incidents
DOWNTOWN — Crime has been on the rise in Santa Monica during the first seven months of 2009, the 19 percent increase fueled by property crimes,... Read more →
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Elderly man pulls cane, then gun
Crime Watch is a weekly series culled from reports provided by the Santa Monica Police Department. These are arrests only. All parties are innocent... Read more →
Fire chief decides to leave post
DOWNTOWN — Fire Chief Jim Hone, who is credited with enhancing the Santa Monica Fire Department’s emergency preparedness following the... Read more →
Your card has been declined
Crime Watch is a weekly series culled from reports provided by the Santa Monica Police Department. These are arrests only. All parties are innocent... Read more →
City Manager Ewell to retire
CITY HALL — After 34 years of public service, City Manager P. Lamont Ewell — who is widely credited with improving customer service in... Read more →
Puppetry center falls victim to slumping economic times
BROADWAY — Now even puppets are unemployed. After more than a dozen years entertaining Santa Monica’s children and their... Read more →
Taxi driver robbed at gunpoint
Crime Watch is a weekly series culled from reports provided by the Santa Monica Police Department. These are arrests only. All parties are innocent... Read more →
Mistrial declared in Juarez murders
DOWNTOWN L.A. — A Los Angeles Superior Court judge declared a mistrial Tuesday morning in the case of two imprisoned gang members charged with... Read more →
Number of suicides rises to 12 in ‘09
DOWNTOWN — A 40-year-old woman found near the bike path with a gunshot wound to the head took her own life, the Los Angeles County Coroner... Read more →
Robberies, burglaries DUIs and drugs
Crime Watch is a weekly series culled from reports provided by the Santa Monica Police Department. These are arrests only. All parties are innocent... Read more →
