By Staff Writer In recent years, California has seen a disturbing increase in drug-impaired driving crashes and the Santa Monica Police Department (SMPD) is addressing this issue by holding a DUI checkpoint this Friday, August 23. […]
20 stores refuse to sell to minors By Keldine Hull On August 8, officers from the Santa Monica Police Department’s Vice Unit conducted a minor decoy operation targeting 20 alcohol retail establishments within the City […]
Santa Monica Beat This Week August 19• Security guard shoots at man near Third Street Promenade• Three minors arrested for breaking into jewelry store • International protest in Santa MonicaShow made possible by Santa Monica College.
rePlanet shuts down all California locations By Keldine Hull On August 5, California’s largest recycling collection network, rePlanet, has closed all 284 of its locations, including centers throughout the Westside, and laid off 750 employees. […]
Stephanie Fone last seen at Santa Monica CLARE|MATRIX recovery center By Sam Catanzaro The Santa Monica Police Department (SMPD) is seeking public assistance looking for a critical missing person who walked away from a local […]
Four arrested for armed robbery of Heist Jewelry on Montana Avenue By Sam Catanzaro Three minors and an adult have been arrested for attempting to rob a Santa Monica jewelry store armed with a sledgehammer. […]
Updated August 16, 3:34 p.m. Man who approached armored truck shot By Sam Catanzaro A security guard opened fire at a knife-wielding suspect who approached an armored truck near a crowded Third Street Promenade in […]
By Sam Catanzaro Update: 12:23 p.m.: https://smmirror.com/2019/08/security-guard-shoots-at-knife-wielding-suspect-at-third-street-promenade/ Update: 11:43 a.m.: the SMPD have confirmed this is not an active shooter situation. The Santa Monica Police Department (SMPD) is responding to reports of shots fired near the […]
By Tim Battig, David Early, Rebecca Regalado Hogan Music, music is in the air….except at Santa Monica College, where a personnel decision is potentially affecting over eighty musicians and hundreds of fans. A petition gathered […]
By Sam Catanzaro The City of Santa Monica is replacing a water main on Ocean Avenue due to two water main breaks that occurred on Saturday, August 10 and Wednesday, August 14. The City believes […]
Local spots like The Arepa Stand, Petitgrain Boulangerie, and Chainsaw organize menu specials to fund medicine and food. By Dolores...
Read moreState troopers deploy low-profile vehicles to target holiday speeders. The California Highway Patrol will initiate its maximum enforcement period beginning at 6...
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