Category: Santa Monica Police Department

Santa Monica Councilman Attacked by Homeless Man

July 17, 2023
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A Santa Monica city councilman was attacked July 16 around 2:45 p.m. while walking along the Third Street Promenade, an outdoor dining and shopping street, with his wife after asking a man he believed to be homeless to pick up his trash. “I asked him if he could pick up the trash and put it…

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2 Girls Shot at Large Party on Santa Monica Beach

July 9, 2023
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SANTA MONICA, Calif.—Two girls suffered non-life-threatening gunshot wounds at a large party on a Santa Monica beach, authorities said July 9. At about 9:20 p.m. Friday, multiple officers responded to a large party in “the 2700 block of the Santa Monica beach,” the Santa Monica Police Department reported. “As they were approaching, officers heard multiple…

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Santa Monica Police Continue Search for Masked Carjacking Suspects

April 5, 2023
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VENICE, Calif.—A manhunt for two armed and masked carjacking suspects who allegedly fired shots while stealing a woman’s car at gunpoint near a Santa Monica parking lot near the Venice border continues April 5 morning. Santa Monica Police Department officers initially responded at 8:45 p.m. Tuesday to the 100 block of Main Street regarding reports…

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‘Santa Monica Is Not Safe’ Billboard Returns, More on the Way

January 16, 2023
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The “Santa Monica is Not Safe” billboard that first appeared in December returned to the Third Street Promenade, a popular shopping center in downtown Santa Monica on Jan. 15. The group of about 400 property and business owners behind the billboard—the Santa Monica Coalition—financed the sign’s exhibition after the group’s initial funding expired and the…

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