On March 28, 2021 at about 10:53 PM, Santa Monica Police Department (SMPD) officers were dispatched to the area of the 1700 block of Ocean Ave to investigate a report of an Armed Robbery. Officers met with a couple who explained that they were riding scooters on Ocean Ave., when they were accosted by three males. During their encounter, one of the males lifted his shirt and displayed what appeared to be a handgun in his waistband. Two of the suspects began to physically assault the male victim and at one point one of the suspects snatched the cellphone from the female victim and threw it to the ground, preventing her from calling for help. Both suspects then fled the area.

SMPD officers shortly thereafter located Halfman and Johnson. They were both identified by the victims as the suspects who assaulted them. Officers recovered a handgun with a high capacity magazine (15 rounds) on suspect Johnson. Officers later discovered he had a no-bail warrant from Wisconsin. Both subjects were taken into custody without incident.

On March 30, 2021 the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office filed the following charges against two felony assault suspects:

Lavonn Shawn Johnson, a 21-year-old white male from Wisconsin - One count of 245(A)(4) PC – Assault to Commit Great Bodily Injury, 136.1 PC – Preventing Someone from Reporting a Crime, and 25850(A) PC – Possession of a Loaded Firearm.

Treyton Thomas Halfman, a 21-year-old black male from Wisconsin - one count of 245(A)(4) PC – Assault to Commit Great Bodily Injury.

A Youtuber pulls a shark prank on her friend while they paddleboard in the marina.

Here's some surf photos from Monday, April 5th at Leo Carrillo.

This set was shot from about 7:50-9:00 AM by ChrisDidThis.

These are just a few of the photos from this session. If you were out there, you probably got some surfing shots, probably multiple photos, they will be in the complete photo gallery for this day, check them out, the link to the gallery is down below.








You can find more photos from this session, all full size and in high-resolution, in this photo gallery:

Leo Carrillo - Monday 4-5-2021 Photo Gallery


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Will Rogers State Beach parking lot is going to be taken over by a "temporary homeless housing village", that is if this proposal is approved.



Los Angeles City Councilmember Mike Bonin has proposed creating temporary homeless sites at the Will Rogers State Beach parking lot, Dockweiler Beach and Fisherman's Village in Marina del Rey to address the ongoing homelessness issue in Los Angeles.

"To end homelessness and sidewalk encampments, we need more housing, more shelter, and more services," Bonin said. "We need all kinds of solutions — and we need them everywhere we can put them."

A change.org petition asking residents to say no to Bonin's proposal for the homeless site at Will Rogers State Beach in Pacific Palisades had nearly 4,000 signatures by Monday morning.

Yesterday, we reported that huge Crowds Return To The Santa Monica Pier with a photo of a nearly filled parking lot. Now on Sunday the Santa Monica Police close down the pier because the crowds are so large.

Here's some surf photos from Sunday, April 4th at Leo Carrillo.

This set was shot from about 5:40-7:00 PM by ChrisDidThis.

These are just a few of the photos from this session. If you were out there, you probably got some surfing shots, probably multiple photos, they will be in the complete photo gallery for this day, check them out, the link to the gallery is down below.








You can find more photos from this session, all full size and in high-resolution, in this photo gallery:

Leo Carrillo - Sunday 4-4-2021 Photo Gallery


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Here's some surf photos from April 4th at County Line. These were taken from around 7:20-9:15 AM. This set was shot by ChrisDidThis.

These are just a few of the photos from this session. If you were out there, you probably got some surfing shots, probably multiple photos, they will be in the complete photo gallery for this day, check them out, the link to the gallery is down below.








You can find more photos from this session, all full size and in high-resolution, in this photo gallery:

County Line - Sunday 4-4-2021 Photo Gallery


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Here are a couple surf photos from Sunday, April 4th at Zero's. These were shot by RJP Surfing Photography. These are just some of the photos. If you were out there, you probably got some surfing shots in the complete photo gallery, check them out, the link is down below.




You can find a lot more photos from this session, all full size and in high-resolution, in this photo gallery:

Surfing Zeros, 04/04/2021

If you were out there, we probably got some cool surfing shots of you, go check them out!


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The homeless encampments that are in the Venice Handball Courts are going to be cleaned out in two weeks.

The crowds are back.

This photo by Scott Perry shows an almost filled parking lot Saturday afternoon.

New video released today about the state of Venice Beach.

Here's some surf photos from Saturday, April 3rd at Zeros.

This set was shot from about 7:00-9:00AM by ChrisDidThis.

These are just a few of the photos from this session. If you were out there, you probably got some surfing shots, probably multiple photos, they will be in the complete photo gallery for this day, check them out, the link to the gallery is down below.







You can find more photos from this session, all full size and in high-resolution, in this photo gallery:

Zeros - Saturday 4-3-2021 Photo Gallery


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Here's some surf photos from Saturday, April 3rd at Leo Carrillo.

This set was shot from about 6:00-7:00 PM by ChrisDidThis.

These are just a few of the photos from this session. If you were out there, you probably got some surfing shots, probably multiple photos, they will be in the complete photo gallery for this day, check them out, the link to the gallery is down below.








You can find more photos from this session, all full size and in high-resolution, in this photo gallery:

Leo Carrillo - Saturday 4-3-2021 Photo Gallery


If you were out there, we probably got some cool surfing shots of you, go check them out!

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