Santa Monica's Pavilions Motel is ordered to close after failing to meet conditions to address public nuisance issues.

Santa Monica witnessed a dramatic scene on Wednesday when 21yearold Alex Villegas led police on a highspeed chase through Los Angeles County before being arrested at the Santa Monica Pier. Starting in ...

The driver hit two cars and nearly struck a pedestrian during a chase that stretched from Simi Valley to Santa Monica.

A pursuit suspect ran onto the Santa Monica Pier after leading Simi Valley police on a cross-county chase. The Simi Valley ...

A multi-county police chase ended near the Pier on Wednesday when a suspect eventually surrendered to police but not before ...

Police Chief Walter Headley was “fed up ... His solution, in fact, seems to be little more than an emergency patch of blue, though it is at least that. Last week he gave out the figures ...

The University of California, Santa Cruz Police has released a sketch of a man wanted for the sexual battery of two women on campus. The person allegedly assaulted his victims on Feb. 20 and March ...

OAKLAND — A 24-year-old Santa Rosa woman was fatally shot Thursday night in a motel parking lot near the Estuary and a man police said she was dating was arrested early Friday in San Francisco ...

March 13, 2025 -- Santa Monica police recently arrested suspects in three separate incidents that involved chasing residents with a knife, waving a machete and lunging at a victim with scissors. The ...

The Santa Rosa Police Department held a high school town hall on Thursday after three teens died of an overdose last month. The meeting held at Montgomery High School hit close to home for some ...

The first half of the meeting included speakers such as Mayor Lana Negrete and Santa Monica Police Department (SMPD) Chief Ramon Batista, who discussed the city's official position regarding the new ...