Bat-wielding driver with dog terrorizes shoppers in Santa Monica as city struggles to control crime crisis

Another violent scene unfolded near Santa Monica’s struggling Third Street Promenade over the weekend after a man threatened a Jewish couple with a baseball bat and antisemitic slurs before unleashing his dog on one of the victims in broad daylight. The chaos erupted around 5:30 p.m. Sunday near 3rd Street and Broadway, steps from the...