A relatively short survey focusing on the future of Santa Monica Airport (SMO) is drawing some serious attention, and for good reason. Airport Commissioner David Goddard, a real estate executive who was appointed by the City Council earlier this year, is encouraging residents to fill out the survey.
CITY HALL — A letter released by City Hall Wednesday revealed concerns held by top city staff that some airport commissioners have crossed the line between “dispassionate policy advisors” to the City Council and neighborhood activists set on influencing the future of Santa Monica Airport.
PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY — Santa Monica police are confident they have arrested the man responsible for the attempted kidnapping Sunday of a 17-year-old girl as she walked along Pico Boulevard.
Editor’s note: This story is part of an ongoing series that tracks the city’s expenditures appearing on upcoming Santa Monica City Council consent agendas.
As expected, the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District Board of Education voted 6-0 last Tuesday night to curtail the raising and spending of funds by school donors and PTA groups on their neighborhood schools.
WEST L.A. — A State Senate select committee hearing meant to demonstrate the negative health impacts of jet pollution at Santa Monica Airport turned into a trial of SMO, with community members, politicians and even some scientists lining up against the airport.
CITYWIDE — Some of the worst winds in years blasted the region overnight, toppling trees and trucks, knocking out electricity to hundreds of thousands of people and bringing hurricane-force gusts of more than 100 mph to the mountains.
AIRPORT COURTHOUSE — Sentencing has been postponed to Jan. 18 for Paul Edmond Carpenter, who was convicted of first-degree murder for the 1998 shooting death of a German tourist during a botched robbery attempt near a beachfront hotel in Santa Monica.
CITY HALL — “This sounds like a set up.” In one phrase, Airport Commission Chair E. Richard Brown captured the dissatisfaction of community members concerning the three-phase process to examine the future of the Santa Monica Airport, which has left vocal residents feeling their opposition to SMO sti
CITY HALL — When tourists and residents walk along the Santa Monica Pier, they find a bustling place with an amusement park, nationally-ranked bathrooms and a few empty store fronts.
CITY HALL — Bicyclists broke out in riotous applause Tuesday night when the City Council unanimously approved the Bike Action Plan, a 20-year vision that planners hope will encourage people to get out of cars and onto bikes.
SMO — On a clear day, when the sun shines brightly over Southern California and glints cool blue off the Pacific Ocean, an observer can likely find Lloyd Saunders at Santa Monica Airport.
