Beverly Hills & Santa Monica Curfews Start At 1 PM Today

After a wild weekend of protests and looting, the cities of Beverly Hills and Santa Monica will start going under curfew at 1 p.m. local time today.

In both Westside cities, the curfews kick at 1 p.m. for the business districts and go citywide at 4 p.m. Beverly Hills also extended its curfew through Tuesday, noting that it “prohibits anyone from being upon public streets, alleys, parks or any public place.”

Santa Monica’s Big Blue Bus service will be suspended at noon today until at least Tuesday morning.

The curfew in nearby Culver City will begin at 4 p.m. today. Some looting was reported there Sunday, but it was not nearly as widespread. CityBus service will be halted at 8 p.m.

Santa Monica was the scene of large peaceful protests along with widespread vandalism and looting on Sunday. Police used teargas and fired rubber bullets at protesters near the pier around 4:30 p.m. as civil unrest engulfed the city and looting happened nearby. The Santa Monica Place shopping center was hit, as were severat businesses on 4th Street and elsewhere. Police Chief Cynthia Renaud says more than 400 arrests Sunday.

Mayor Pro Temp Terry O’Day said late Sunday: “This has been a gut-wrenching day in Santa Monica. Our top priority remains the personal safety of everyone in our community. We are thankful that no critical injuries have occurred. We have had a great deal of property damage caused by opportunistic looters. We have the support of every law enforcement agency in Southern California and are restoring sanity to our streets. Stay at home. You are safest there.”