CRIME & SAFETY
Scuffles break out overnight at UCLA between pro-Palestinian, Pro-Israeli protesters. Graffiti found on Royce Hall
Security remains tight at UCLA after an overnight confrontation between pro-Palestinian and pro-Israeli protesters broke out just before midnight Tuesday. NBC4 video shows images of the confrontation that took place around 11:40 p.m. in front of the encampment barricade in Dickerson Plaza near Powell Library and Kaplan Hall. The fight...
Video: Road rage brawl shuts down Calif. traffic
A fender bender last week just outside of Santa Monica, California, led to a major road rage incident that stopped traffic on Los Angeles Freeway 10. According to Fox 11 Los Angeles, the fight began when two men who were traveling in one car said they were hit by the driver of another vehicle. The other driver denied the allegation, and punches were thrown.
Following recent office burglaries, suspect attempts to set fire to SMDP office building
A homeless man tried to set fire to the SMDP building on Monday and the suspect remained on the loose at press time. The incident occured just days after the building was burglarized and follows a recent squatting incident at the adjacent property. Monday’s incident began at about 9 a.m....
Two Suspects Arrested After Series of Burglaries at Gas Station Pumps
Several Hundred Dollars in Cash and Most of the Stolen Property Were Recovered. Two individuals have been apprehended and charged in connection with two counts each of burglary from a vehicle and grand theft, following a series of incidents in Santa Monica. According to authorities, the events unfolded on April...
Deputy David March: Santa Clarita Man Remembered 22 Years After Line-Of-Duty Death
Monday marked the 22nd anniversary of the on-duty shooting of Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy David March of Santa Clarita, who was tragically gunned down in 2002. On April 29, 2002, Temple Station Deputy David William March, 33, was shot and killed by a stolen vehicle suspect during a traffic stop. A seven-year veteran of ...
Former Pepperdine law student guilty of 2nd-degree murder for fatal crash
A former third-year Pepperdine University law student has been found guilty of second-degree murder for a fatal car crash that occurred on Aug. 3, 2017. The Orange County Dist. Attorney says 34-year-old Richard Lindwall III had a blood-alcohol level four times the legal limit when he got into a head-on collision with 41-year-old Carlos Mendez, […]
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