DOWNTOWN — The film opens with shots of a stark landscape where once thriving communities have now been reduce to rubble. Burned-out factories crumble next to large open fields where homes once stood, the people who lived in them abandoning this urban core in search of opportunity or because they no
PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY — A Santa Monica woman who was seen dancing naked on top of a roughly five-story building on Main Street threw herself off in an apparent suicide attempt, police said.
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.
MAIN STREET — A naked woman seen dancing on the roof of a building on Main Street Wednesday fell several stories and suffered significant injuries to her body and head, Santa Monica police said.
DOWNTOWN — Local transit officials are trying to work out a deal with Culver City’s bus company to take over their advertising arm for a cut of the profits.
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.
WILSHIRE BLVD — Santa Monica police are looking for three masked suspects who stole an estimated $1.5 million worth of jewelry from a salesman who was ambushed in a parking lot next to the Veggie Grill, authorities said.
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.
DOWNTOWN, L.A. — The president of a now-defunct Huntington Beach financial company was sentenced to 37 months in prison and ordered to pay nearly $4 million in restitution for stealing money from Santa Monica and 23 other cities that was going to be used to improve low-income housing, prosecutors sa
SM BEACH — A simulated grenade found Friday afternoon just north of the Santa Monica Pier prompted police to evacuate the area. The discovery was made at 2:50 p.m. in the 1200 block of the beach, police said.
WILSHIRE BLVD — Chefs, like any artist, are continually searching for inspiration. For his latest menu, Drago Ristorante’s Evan Gotanda didn’t have to look very hard.
SM BEACH — Police are evacuating the 1200 block of the beach after receiving a report of suspicious packages. SMPD Lt. Jay Trisler said the call came in around 4 p.
