The City of Santa Monica thanks every Santa Monica resident, business, and community member for following the Citywide curfew the last two days. Yesterday morning's turnout for the grassroots community cleanup was extraordinary.
After L.A. County announced another night of curfew in the region earlier today, it was only a matter of time until the City of Angels itself made public its own lockdown measures
Firefighters in Santa Monica, California, extinguished flaming cars, buildings and a dumpster on Sunday as people looted stores and protesters took to the streets over the death of George Floyd.
Looters targeted downtown stores during protests against police violence in Santa Monica, California, on May 31, 2020, following the death of George Floyd This video shows a group of people breaking into an Amazon van in Santa Monica and stealing.
Protesters knelt by the pier Sunday afternoon in memory of George Floyd and other victims of police violence. (Matthew Hall) Until Sunday, Santa Monica had been largely shielded from the consequences of institutional racism.
A journalist for the Washington Examiner has deactivated her social media accounts after a video of her pretending to board up a Santa Monica business went viral.
Arnold Schwarzenegger was seen riding his bike around Santa Monica with a friend on Tuesday morning. The former Governor of California found a moment to stop and look at looted stores.
The famously wealthy enclave of Beverly Hills was the site of looting as windows were smashed at stores like Alexander McQueen, where thousands of dollars of goods were taken. In the upscale beach town of Santa Monica,