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At 6:05 a.m. Thursday morning, a woman was shot in the thigh at the west end of the Santa Monica Pier. The woman remains in the hospital in stable condition while the shooter remains at large. “One of our local fishermen here contacted a Harbor Guard and ...

A 26-year-old woman is recovering from a gunshot wound to her thigh after an incident at the Santa Monica Pier around 6:00 a.m. Thursday, according to Sgt. Rudy Flores with the Santa Monica Police Department. The wound is not life threatening. A nearby ...

There has been a shooting on the Santa Monica Pier, the first in 2018. Police have tapped off the entire Santa Monica Pier, and removed several thousand people from it on a summer day. The popular tourist attraction is also a center of crime in Santa ...

There has been a shooting on the Santa Monica Pier, the first in 2018. Police have tapped off the entire Santa Monica Pier, and removed several thousand people from it on a summer day. The popular tourist attraction is also a center of crime in Santa ...

Santa Monica, 8/22: With beach season in full swing, environmental nonprofit Heal the Bay today launched the Beach Report Card mobile application, which offers beach water-quality predictions each morning to millions of California ocean users. The group ...

Photo: Courtesy. Sherwin Mendoza Espinosa faces 40 to life. A Los Angeles man has been found guilty in the 2017 murder of an 18-year old Santa Monica High School graduate and now faces a potential life sentence. On Tuesday, August 21 Deputy District ...

Starting this week, a new public education campaign to equip electric scooter riders with the rules of the road will launch in Santa Monica and the Westside. Safe riding tips will be displayed on the Big Blue Bus, Metro buses, Expo Line trains and stations ...

They were leaving. There was a body on the ground,” de la Torre recalled at Los Angeles Superior Court Wednesday when he took the stand in a voting rights trial challenging Santa Monica’s system of government. The activist was only a teenager the day ...

“You Got Me Floatin’ Opens” on Sunday, August 26 from 4-7 p.m. at the Upper West Restaurant, 3321 Pico Boulevard, Santa Monica 90404. Veronique Periano will be in attendance at the artist reception. This is a free event, open to the public. For ...

Last week, I had my gallbladder removed. My doctors discovered that it was inflamed, and contained many gallstones. One of the gallstones was stuck in a pathway where the gallbladder, pancreas and liver distilled and digested the food and drinks I ...

Rock legend Roger Daltrey of The Who stopped by the UCLA Medical Center in Santa Monica last week to visit teens undergoing cancer treatment at the UCLA Daltrey/Townshend Teen and Young Adult Cancer Center. The UCLA center, dedicated to supporting teens ...

Kathernine Beattie is the first women ever to land a backflip on a wheelchair. Photo: Edify TV. Wheelchair Motor Cross rider Katherine Beattie is the first women to do a backflip in a wheelchair. “You have to learn how to fall,” Beattie said. “It has ...

Individuals who do not have a measles vaccination and were in the vicinity of the infected person are advised to look for symptoms Photo: Getty Images. One case of confirmed measles in Santa Monica from August 8-10. The Los Angeles County Department of ...

Two children abducted by their addict parents from Hemet to Santa Monica, police said. The children are 7 and 23 months old. The children, Sione and Akanesi, were taken from the grandparents' home in the 44100 block of Gallipoli Place about 11:45 a.m ...

The Santa Monica Under 7 Stars are back to their winning ways, a week after they saw their undefeated run come to an end, with a resounding 27-6 victory over the Culver-Palms Pythons, in summer YMCA youth basketball action last weekend. “The Stars ...

In recent months Bird scooters have been in a battle with the City of Santa Monica to remain on the streets. It seems people either love them or hate them, but in the midst of all the controversy, one group of people have been overlooked, at least by the ...

Santa Monicans who want to gamble with their money but not their transportation can now hitch a ride to Las Vegas with a new private bus for as little as $10 each way. The Vegas route is part of the inaugural service from Santa Monica offered by the ...

Bird and Lime’s temporary permits expire before the pilot begins. “We are hopeful that Santa Monica will choose to continue partnering with a proven company that continues to provide Santa Monica riders with best-in-class technology,” a Lime ...

This evening at the Santa Monica Pier, residents will be able to hear both sides of the desalination debate at PRO/CON, a regular debate series hosted by ProCon.org and the Santa Monica Pier. Photo: Getty Images. Desalination debate tonight at Santa Monica ...