SMO — The four-day closure of the Santa Monica Airport this week for runway maintenance was more than a welcome respite from fly-over noise for neighboring residents — it was also a chance for scientists to take baseline air quality measurements that could result in a better understanding of the air
• Name: Kevin McKeown • Age: 62 • Occupation: Apple technology consultant for our local public schools. • Marital status/children: Married Genise in December! Helped raise a teenager in a previous relationship.
• Name: Pam O’Connor • Age: 62 • Occupation: Planner, historic preservation • Marital status/children: Single right now • Your neighborhood? How long have you lived there?: Wilshire/Montana; 23 years • Your mode of transportation/model, make and year of your ride?: When driving it’s a 1996 Honda Acc
• Name: Terence Later • Age: [Declined to state] • Occupation: Entertainment consultant/producer • Marital status/children: Pending • Your neighborhood? How long have you lived there?: Dogtown.
• Name: Daniel Cody • Age: 41 • Occupation: Software alliance professional • Marital status/children: Married, no children • Your neighborhood? How long have you lived there?: North of Wilshire, 12 years
• Name: Jerry Rubin • Age: 66 • Occupation: Peace activist • Marital status/children: Married to beautiful Marissa Rubin for 27 years. • Your neighborhood? How long have you lived there?: Ocean Park for 17 years. Santa Monica resident for 20 years. • Your mode of transportation/model, make and
• Name: Ted Winterer • Age: 53 • Occupation: Writer • Marital status/children: Married; 9-year-old daughter and 4-year-old son • Your neighborhood?: How long have you lived there? Ocean Park since 2000; Santa Monica since 1992
SMO — The FAA should conduct an environmental review and hold public meetings about possible flight path changes at Santa Monica Airport, according to two members of Congress whose districts are affected by SMO.
SMO — It’s only for four days, but residents who live near Santa Monica Airport will be getting a reprieve from aircraft noise this week, as SMO’s runway will shut down for maintenance between Sunday night and Friday morning.
Renters who need assistance but cannot afford to hire an attorney can get some inexpensive legal advice from a Santa Monica attorney who has created a tenant’s rights clinic.
CITY HALL — You no longer have to leave the safety of your own home to violate a Santa Monica anti-smoking law. As of today, it’s illegal to smoke outdoors within 25-feet of any apartment building door, window or vent — a rule aimed at preventing smokers from lighting up on patios and balconies of m
DOWNTOWN — A 27-year-old Los Angeles man pleaded no contest Friday to first-degree burglary in connection with a May high-speed chase that ended when he abandoned the stolen Range Rover he was driving and jumped off the Santa Monica Pier.
