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# Santa Monica chefs host Sept. 27 Hurricane Katrina benefit at The Buffalo Club
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/092305-story/
- Published: 2005-09-23T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T07:48:45.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Community, Santa Monica Airport, #archive-import

*By Daily Press staff*

Those who can’t speak English can learn without spending a dime. The Santa Monica College Continuing and Community Education Program has announced that it is offering free English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) classes beginning Oct. 23\. Registration is ongoing.

Classes are offered at the beginning, intermediate and advanced levels and cover listening, speaking, reading, writing and conversation.

“We’re excited to be offering these noncredit classes to the huge population of non-native English speakers in the Los Angeles area who want to improve their English for careers and a wide variety of reasons,” said Erica LeBlanc, assistant dean of continuing and community education.

Classes are offered days, nights and weekends at SMC’s new Airport Campus, slated to open this summer. The Airport Campus is located at 3171 S. Bundy Dr., Los Angeles. Parking is free.

For more information, call (310) 434-3400\. Local chefs keeping the spirit of New Orleans alive

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on September 23, 2005.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/092305.pdf?ref=smdp.com)