Santa Monica

A man was arrested Monday afternoon after climbing the famous Ferris wheel in Santa Monica, California, and claiming to have a bomb.

A coalition of exasperated local business owners in Santa Monica, California, has hung a sign on the iconic 3rd Street Promenade: “Santa Monica Is NOT Safe: CRIME… DEPRAVITY… OUTDOOR MENTAL ASYLUM.”

Actor Owen Wilson reportedly had $4,000 worth of tires and rims stolen from his Tesla that was parked outside his Santa Monica mansion.

The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) wrote to residents of a residential block in Santa Monica, California, notifying them that it was suspending service due to multiple assaults on mail carriers “from an individual who has not been located or apprehended.”

Several Los Angeles beaches were closed Monday to people hoping to enjoy the water once 17 million gallons of sewage spilled into Santa Monica Bay from a nearby treatment plant.

The Los Angeles branch of Black Lives Matter filed a federal lawsuit against the City of Santa Monica on Monday, a year after rioters and looters rampaged through the downtown area alongside an anti-police protest on May 31, 2020.

Santa Monica Police Chief Cynthia Renaud will retire early, after over 60,000 people signed a petition calling for her removal over the riots.

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti announced Thursday that the city would be ending its curfew, which has been in place since Saturday, May 30.

“Be a good communist and enforce the law,” said Joel Pollak, referring Democrat officials’s refusal to maintain law and order amid unrest.

Retail shops and storefront offices hurried Monday afternoon to board up their windows and doors, ahead of possible violence and looting in Los Angeles, Santa Monica, and surrounding areas.

Business owners awoke Monday morning to broken glass, graffiti, and heartbreak in downtown Santa Monica, where riots erupted alongside a Black Lives Matter protest.

The New York Times described Sunday’s nationwide riots as a wave of police violence against “protesters and bystanders,” even as law enforcement abandoned large urban areas to rioters and looters who ran amok for hours.

An Amazon delivery van was looted in Santa Monica, California, on Sunday during what is now nearly a week-long series of riots that have sparked in cities across the country after the death of George Floyd last Monday.

Los Angeles County declared a 6 p.m. curfew Sunday following a second day of looting, vandalism, and arson, including reports that rioters have broken into Santa Monica’s City Hall.

A woman in Santa Monica, California, told looters on Sunday that their behavior would help President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign. Riots and looting broke out on Sunday in Santa Monica in response to the death of George Floyd.

Rioters in Santa Monica on Sunday beat up a man carrying a hockey stick to defend a woman cyclist who was pushed over, according to a video posted to social media.

Local reporters on the scene noted many peaceful protests in Santa Monica, California on Sunday afternoon but that a separate contingent of looters organized.

An armed civilian carrying a firearm stood with an unarmed female protester on Sunday at the door of the REI store in Santa Monica, California, turning away a group of would-be looters who tried to smash into the store during a protest.

An adult film shot during business hours at a public library in Santa Monica, California, is provoking outrage among neighbors who say the content of the film is inappropriate for public display— especially in front of children.

An 88-year-old woman is suing Lyft after tripping over a rental scooter and fracturing her hip in Santa Monica, California.

Actor and politician Arnold Schwarzenegger, who has previously gushed of being “starstruck” by Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg, has now shared pictures of the two going for a bike ride around Santa Monica.

SANTA MONICA, California — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) held a rally on unofficial “home turf” at Santa Monica High School on Friday evening, mobilizing supporters ahead of a crucial second Democratic debate next week.

A prominent statue of the Virgin Mary was vandalized early Friday morning in Santa Monica, California. The statue, which stands at the corner of 7th Street and California Avenue, was tagged with yellow graffiti between the hours of 1:00 and

Blowback is rising against Bird and other companies providing all-electric scooter rentals that are taking over the streets and sidewalks of California’s major metro areas.

San Francisco police are issuing $125 tickets and confiscating electric scooters as the new transportation fad goes viral — and sparks complaints from angry local residents.

The California Geological Survey’s has revealed that the Santa Monica fault zone runs through the heart of Beverly Hills’ Rodeo Drive and the famous shopping district that is home to world-renowned luxury brands like Chanel, Prada, Cartier, Gucci, Neiman Marcus, and Saks Fifth Avenue, among others.

A witness captured a video of the moment two homeless men attacked a security guard in a Santa Monica, California McDonalds Wednesday night.

The City of Huntington Beach, California has vowed to fight an effort by left-wing attorney Kevin Shenkman to force it to abandon an at-large system of voting in favor of a district system.

About two dozen residents of the coastal Southern California city of Oceanside protested outside City Hall on Wednesday afternoon to oppose an effort to impose what they call a racist voting system on their city.

A Santa Monica firefighter who spent 20 minutes performing CPR on a dog that was rescued from a burning apartment Tuesday afternoon has been lauded as a hero for saving his life.

SANTA MONICA — The coastal town known affectionately — or pejoratively — as the People’s Republic of Santa Monica has decided to cut ties with Wells Fargo bank over its involvement in the Dakota Access pipeline, LAist.com reports. The pipeline was

The latest “fake news” headline in the New York Times Friday reads: “A Jewish Reporter Got to Ask Trump a Question. It Didn’t Go Well.”

SANTA MONICA — Left-wing organizers refused a request to recite the Pledge of Allegiance during a “Resist Trump” meeting on Sunday sponsored by MoveOn.org to plan protests against the President-elect.

SANTA MONICA, California — A synagogue that was vandalized on the first night of Chanukah, with feces and food smeared across the front entrance near a menorah display, held a joyful public menorah lighting on Monday evening to celebrate unity and tolerance.

SANTA MONICA, California — A local synagogue entrance was smeared with feces and food in an apparent antisemitic attack on the first night of Chanukah on Saturday night.

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Investor Tom Barrack departed from his prepared text on Thursday evening to tell the Republican National Convention about the personal side of Donald Trump’s life, focusing on his love for ordinary people and America.