Authorities were searching for the mountain lion following the reported sighting Friday morning.
The suspect threatened to kill a stranger before his dog bit the victim near Third Street Promenade, prosecutors said.
The downtown substation will serve as a public safety command center and community engagement hub, according to the SMPD.
One of the victims was bitten by the man's dog, police said.
A man wanted in connection with a Santa Monica kidnapping was arrested following a police pursuit.
Police say the woman was under a stopped bus that struck her as it pulled away at Main Street and Ocean Park Boulevard.
A pedestrian was struck and killed by a bus Friday afternoon.
The operation included 30 traffic stops, six citations and five arrests, according to police.
Authorities are asking for the public's help finding an at-risk 7-year-old boy.
The boy was last seen a day ago with his father, who "may be experiencing a mental health crisis," police said.
The Santa Monica Police Department is conducting a traffic safety operation focused on dangerous behaviors from 2-8 pm Tuesday, April 28.
Police are investigating what they say was a murder-suicide at the Venice home of a prominent Santa Monica nonprofit director.
The Santa Monica Analytical Real-Time (SMART) Center, a police tool for preventing, responding to and investigating crime, has launched.
Santa Monica celebrates Fire Service Day with a free, family-friendly open house on Saturday, May 9.
Public safety gains in Santa Monica are in part due to the police department being at full staffing for the first time in 20 years.
A 26-year-old man accused of kidnapping a UCLA student in Westwood and sexually assaulting a woman in Culver City has been formally charged.
The pier remained open throughout the assessment.
The musician was attacked by a woman when he arrived for an appointment in Santa Monica, police sources said, according to a report.
A state appellate court has rejected an appeal from a man convicted of a Santa Monica home invasion robbery where a person was shot.
Officers rendered aid to the wounded man until paramedics arrived to take him to a hospital, where he died, officials said.
A state appeals court today upheld a man's conviction for murdering an 88-year-old Santa Monica man in his home with an axe.
The Santa Monica Pier has reopened following a shooting that wounded two people Sunday night, and a suspect is in custody, KTLA reports.
Officers secured the shooting scene for their investigation.
The LAPD plans to ramp up drunken-driving enforcement across the city this weekend.
The Santa Monica Police Department is asking for the public's help identifying the pictured individual, who's suspected of sexual battery.
During the first six weeks of 2026, arrests were up a whopping 71% compared to the same period last year, police-compiled data show.
An 18-year-old Los Angeles man has been arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting a woman at Santa Monica Beach.
Two 54-year-olds were found dead with gunshot wounds during a welfare check at an Ocean Avenue residence in Santa Monica.
Federal authorities have launched an investigation into the crash.
Authorities on Wednesday asked for the public's help finding an at-risk 64-year-old man with dementia.
A local businessman's plans to conduct an underwater search of MacArthur Park Lake was stopped by city officials.
The mother is scheduled to be arraigned Thursday morning, jail records show.
According to police, the woman had made “statements indicating she had harmed her child and left the child inside an apartment."
An exact timeline of what Nick Reiner did in the hours before and after the slayings remains the focus of the ongoing investigation.
The man's 31-year-old son has been arrested, police say.
A doctor has filed a lawsuit against Santa Monica and Los Angeles County after he suffered extensive injuries in a life-altering crash.
The man who assaulted him, Job Taylor, yelled racial slurs as he allegedly stomped on Hornburg's head.
The woman on Monday called for "transparency" and urged House Republicans to vote to release the Epstein files.
The crash killed two pedestrians and seriously injured two others in Santa Monica.
Police have arrested the man accused of running down and killing two 61-year-old pedestrians in Santa Monica last month.