Updated 10:50 a.m. October 2, 2019 Man approaches person in car with gun Wednesday night By Sam Catanzaro After a suspected armed robber approached a person inside a car near in the North of Montana […]
Santa Monica Beat This Week September 23, 2019 – all your local news in under 5 minutes!* Bomb threat rattles Third Street Promenade.* Santa Monica vape lab subpoenaed* Santa Monica students strike for climate changeShow […]
Guido Germano enters no-plea contest By Sam Catanzaro A 59-year-old Santa Monica man who is a UCLA professor and former director for a division at Cedars-Sinar hospital entered a no-contest plea Monday for possessing child […]
Second such incident in past week in Downtown Santa Monica By Sam Catanzaro The Santa Monica Police Department (SMPD) temporarily closed down Santa Monica Boulevard near the Third Street Promenade after a suspicious package was […]
Man barricades himself behind Santa Monica alley dumpster with airsoft rifle Early Friday morning, Santa Monica Police Department (SMPD) SWAT officers and K9 dogs were used to arrest a man who barricaded himself behind a […]
Evacuations, closures underway By Sam Catanzaro A suspicious package was found on the Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica, shutting down a block of the popular shopping destination and forcing evacuations. After a joint investigation […]
Santa Monica Beat This Week September 16, 2019 – all your local news and happenings in under 5 minutes.* Armed burglar makes off with several thousand dollars after robbing Santa Monica Wells Fargo.* Officer-involved shooting […]
Officer-Involved Shooting occurs Thursday evening By Sam Catanzaro Santa Monica police officers shot a suspected burglar in the abdomen Thursday evening amid a manhunt, the second large scale search for an armed criminal in Santa […]
Masked suspect eludes massive manhunt By Sam Catanzaro An armed bank robber who eluded a massive manhunt in Santa Monica stole between $3,000 to $5,000, says law enforcement officials. On Tuesday, September 10, the Santa […]
Suspect wades through water as police pursue on-foot By Sam Catanzaro A burglary suspect led police on a lengthy on-foot chase along the beach that started in Venice and ended near the Santa Monica Pier […]