Category Archives: Crime/Police

A meeting has been scheduled by residents of Santa Monica Canyon to discuss ongoing crime issues. The meeting, which can be accessed on Zoom, will be held at 6:15 p.m. on Tuesday, October 8. Sharon Kilbride, the former president of … Continue reading →

Nathan Hochman, an independent candidate for Los Angeles County District Attorney, spent the morning at Pacific Palisades Farmers Market visiting with voters, who are worried about increased crime. Hochman is running against George Gascon, a progressive, who initially put blanket … Continue reading →

Mother Lori Kupfer’s Victim Impact Statement: I want to thank the prosecution and his team for all the support they have given us throughout this process and your honor for her time and for keeping an orderly proceeding. I have … Continue reading →

Shawn Laval Smith was declared sane, today, October 2. He was sentenced to life imprisonment with no chance of parole for the brutal murder of Brianna Kupfer, 24. Smith, a transient with a long criminal history, stabbed Kupfer 46 times … Continue reading →

A special celebration luncheon was held at Kay’s on September 25, to laud former beach detail Head Officer John E. Redican III, “Rusty.” He officially retired from the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) on September 19, after 22 years of … Continue reading →

  Anthony Francisco Jones, 29, was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole on September 13 after pleading no contest to charges related to the sexual assault of two women in the Venice Canals neighborhood on April … Continue reading →

(Editor’s note: Krisha Thangavelu, a Pacific Palisades resident, was awarded the Pacific Palisades Community Council Sparkplug award for her public safety service.  In response to CTN’s story “Homeless Influx in Palisades’ Very High Fire Zone,” she wrote an informative comment. … Continue reading →

The number of new transients in Pacific Palisade jumped from 34 in May, to 82 in August. The evidence of illegal fires, especially below the Via de las Olas bluffs jumped from four in May to 11 in August. The … Continue reading →

After the jury left the courtroom at 9:45, it took just a little over an hour for them to elect a jury foreman and then come back with guilty in the first-degree for defendant Shawn Laval Smith. The twelve-member jury, … Continue reading →

“This was not a movie, not a crime novel, not a fantastical story,” said District attorney Habib Bailian at the downtown courtroom in the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center. “This is real life. This is what happened to Brianna … Continue reading →