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The Santa Monica Fire Department responded to an incident involving multiple possible drug overdoses on Monday afternoon. This at 2702 Main Street. The E-2 and E-7 fire battalions responded to the report that several people were suffering the effects of a drug overdose. 2 additional ambulances responded to the incident. There were a total of 8 patients, none of them critical. All recovered consciousness, none were transported....
On April 21, there were six fires in an hour in Santa Monica. Fire fighters say the only possible explanation is that someone is setting fires locally. Some suspect the local homeless community. On April 19th, Santa Monica Police were searching for a suspected arsonist in the area of 4th and Wilshire. There is no description of the suspect; homeless people have been known to start fires locally however. 4 fires were reported Tuesday in the area of 4th and Wilshire. There was an additional fire...
Update, 4/20/23: "There was no stabbing last night. The call for service came in as a tip from KTLA and it turned out to be unfounded." wrote Lt. Erika R. Aklufi, Santa Monica Police Dept. in an email. Original Report: Details are sketchy, but the Citizen App has a report that a disturbance at 2017 Wilshire Blvd in Santa Monica, involved an employee of Chipotle who was stabbed by a homeless person. The incident occurred on Wednesday Night at about 9 pm PST. We are awaiting confirmation from the...
A fire occurred in the exterior of an apartment building at 2231 20th street. The fire broke out at about 5 pm on Sunday, April 9, 2023. A witness across the street stated the he saw black smoke, and heavy flames. However, the fire appeared to have been contained to the outside of the building. The Fire Prevention Bureau (FPB) did force entry into one unit, in order to determine that the unit had not been immolated by the fire....
Police and fire responded to 1038 3rd street on Monday night about 8:30 pm, after reports of a person stabbed. This is between Washington and California, one block north of the Third Street Promenade. The address is interesting historically since ten most wanted fugitive Whitey Bolger lived there quietly for 15 years until his girlfriend's hairdresser revealed his whereabouts in 2007. In an apparently separate incident, one homeless person stabbed another at 1:30 am Tuesday morning. Incident...
An Incident reported at 900 Tiverton Ave. at 2:13 PM, said that a female was shoved into a vehicle, which then fled the scene. Police report the suspect vehicle is a white sedan with a temporary California license plate BV02M268. Police confirmed this was a kidnapping. The kidnapping suspect is a man wearing gray sweatpants and a blue bandana. He reportedly shoved a woman in a purple shirt into a white sedan with temporary California plates. The incident was initially reported on the Citizen...
12:15 am update: LAPD breaking down the perimeter, all suspects outstanding. 3 suspects believed to be teenagers. 11 pm update: Suspect said to be hiding out near Golds Gym in Venice. 4.4.23: Three suspects who discharged a firearm near Bicknell and Main Street in Santa Monica, then proceeded to hijack a private automobile. They drove it tp Venice. The suspects then crashed the carjacked vehicle. Three male hispanics dressed in black, were said to have participated. One was wearing a mask and...
Behavioral patient at Santa Monica airport wandered onto the tarmac on Wednesday afternoon. The police department was on scene. The incident disrupted takeoffs and landings at Clover Field for a while. Meanwhile, another traumatic injury was reported at Santa Monica place. A man tried to commit suicide last Wednesday by jumping off the third floor balcony. He hit a woman who was shopping below....
4.5.23: A patient suffering from a narcotics overdose was reported on the Exposition line MTA train. Santa Monica Fire Department treated the patient, who was not breathing, on the platform in Downtown Santa Monica. Two doses of narcan were administered. The SMFD and Los Angeles County Sheriff's department handled the call. It was not immediately known if the patient had been a passenger on the train. Drug use has been reported on the Expo line in the past. The patient was ultimately...
A stabbing Thursday night at about 11:30 pm PST injured one person. The incident was first reported as a person down, meaning authorities discovered a person lying on the East side of the platform. The Exposition Line is a 15.2-mile light rail line that runs between Downtown Los Angeles and Santa Monica. It is one of the seven lines in the Los Angeles Metro Rail system and is operated by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. The line opened in 2012, says...
Updated: From Capt. Patrick Nulty, SMFD PIO: "At approximately 4:06 p.m. yesterday, Santa Monica Fire responded to 395 Santa Monica Place, adjacent to the Nordstrom for a report of a “Fall”. Upon arrival, paramedics discovered two patients, a male in his 50’s had fallen or jumped from the 3rd floor level inside the Santa Monica Mall, and landed on a female in her 70’s on the ground level." "The male was treated and transported to a local trauma center and was alive upon arrival at the...
Santa Monica Police Dept. Harbor Guards have declared an Ocean emergency harbor office in their work area Friday 3.27. They reported that there was one person in the water. Harbor guards (officially the Harbor Patrol) were deploying into the water at 3:30 pm to conduct an active water rescue. They recovered the patient who was reportedly unconscious. Using an automated CPR device, they're loaded the patient into an ambulance, where he or she was sent to UCLA hospital, reportedly in critical...
The Santa Monica Fire Department recovered the body of an apparently homeless man at Mary Hotchkiss Park near 4th and Strand. The SMFD confirmed the person was dead on arrival . In a separate incident, someone deployed pepper spray in the alley at 620 Santa Monica Blvd, after one person punched another in the face. One person was pepper sprayed, and one was punched in the face. Unknown if the pepper spray was from the SMPD or suspect. Assault confirmed, both Assailant and victim had medical...
Santa Monica Police apparently handled three different assaults in Santa Monica on Sunday, March 19th. The first was at a known draw for crime, the 7/11 on Wilshire and 7th Street. An assault was reported at 630 Wilshire Blvd. at the 7/11 convenience store. SMPD were also on scene traumatic injury Sunday afternoon at 300 Broadway. Another assault occurred on Sunday afternoon at 2720 Main Street in the Ocean Park neighborhood. This is the site of the Victorian clubhouse. An ambulance and several...
A stabbing at Eddie's Liquor Store put one man into the hospital at about 10 pm Monday night, 3.13.2023. Police were looking for the suspect. The victims identity was not released. Police did not immediately release a suspect's name either. Santa Monica Police responded to Eddie's Liquor Store, 2045 Pico Blvd. The individual had sustained life threatening injuries, and was transported by ambulance to the UCLA trauma center....
3.15.23: A structure fire on Wednesday evening damaged a house in the 1300 block of Oak Street. The SMFD responded within minutes, and brought the blaze under control. One patient was transported. The fire occurred after the conclusion of a two day rainstorm that dropped 2 inches of rain today. One residence was reportedly displaced by the fire....
A homeless man stabbed a downtown SM Custodian in Palisades Park Wednesday morning, 8:15 am PST, 3/15/23. The victim was said to be in good condition. He was transported to Ronald Reagan Medical Center at UCLA, which is the nearest trauma hospital to Santa Monica. The SMPD posted the following on their Instagram account on 3.16.23: The Santa Monica Police Department's Criminal Investigations Division (CID), in conjunction with the Special Operations Division, has identified and arrested a...
3.11.23: A structure fire damaged a motel on the corner of 11th and Pico Blvd in Santa Monica. The Santa Monica Fire Dept. extinguished the fire at the 1970's era motel fire at around 3 pm PST. SMFD's PIO, Patrick Nulty, said that they began receiving multiple 911 calls about the fire at about 12:38 p.m. Saturday. "Police and Fire Department resources quickly responded and arrived to find a well-developed fire consuming one unit of the single-story motel. Firefighters initiated an aggressive...
3.15.23: Dispatchers Wednesday morning received a report of debris in the middle of PCH. The report came on 3/15/23, just before 1 am. The debris may have accompanied a landslide or mudslide from the cliffs below Palisades Park. Such slides are rare in Santa Monica but do happen, and authorities have taken steps to stabilize the cliffs. The call to 911 dispatch came in the middle of a 2 inches of rain fell on Santa Monica, about midway through a 24 hour period....
3.5.23: Shots were fired on Santa Monica's Third Street Promenade Sunday night, Police dispatchers said. Witnesses heard 2 gunshots The suspect was described as a White male wearing all black, with a black baseball cap, on the short side. SMPD was said to be contacting a possible subject at the Sketchers Shoe Store on the Promenade. Later, two people were said to have been detained....
We are receiving reports that the body of a deceased person has been found in Pacific Palisades after the Los Angeles Fire Department performed a rescue operation. The deceased person may have been a hiker. Four engine companies were said to be on scene. This is breaking news, as of 3 pm on Saturday, March 4, 2023....
One suspect was transported to UCLA Hospital in Westwood after he overdosed en route to the Santa Monica Jail. "Male suspect arrested by SMPD Officers was being transported to our jail when he claimed that he was overdosing on a drug. He was at the entrance of our jail before being transported to a local hospital to be medically cleared. He never made it inside our jail," writes Lt. Rudy Flores, SMPD public information officer. "He has not been booked yet but from what I understand he was...
3.1.23: The Santa Monica Fire Department was investigating an incident where an automobile broke the front window of the Baskin Robbins ice cream store located at 2614 Pico Blvd. This on Wednesday evening in Santa Monica's Pico neighborhood. The store was reportedly open with customers inside, but no one was injured in the incident. Baskin-Robbins is an American multinational chain of ice cream and cake speciality shops owned by Inspire Brands. Baskin-Robbins was founded in 1945 by Burt Baskin...
2.23.23: A fire above the McClure Tunnel Thursday was said to have been set by an arsonist. One suspect of interest is in Santa Monica Police custody. The fire which occurred at 7 am, affected the brush alongside the tunnel and was said to have briefly closed the connector between the !0 Interstate and PCH. "On my way to work today, and there was a raging fire over the McClure Tunnel. The overpass. Because of the hanging overgrowth burning embers were falling. I would have filmed but i had to...
2.25.23: Natural gas and electrical power will remain shut off for most of Saturday, in the area of the 2400 block of Ashland Ave in Ocean Park. This problem is due to a downed tree that ruptured gas lines and brought down power lines. Southern California Gas Company had no estimate for the completion of repairs. There are AI bot tweets on Twitter about the event. One says "Santa Monica, CA (4:27...