SM AIRPORT — Federal law enforcement officials earlier this month found more than 300 pounds of marijuana on a plane that departed from Santa Monica Airport, raising questions about security at small, general aviation facilities.
CITY HALL — Santa Monica’s already strict anti-smoking laws could get even tougher. Responding to residents’ complaints that the existing ban on smoking in the common areas of apartments and condos doesn’t go far enough, City Council members Gleam Davis and Kevin McKeown are asking their colleagues
Stick ’em up Crime Watch is a weekly series culled from reports provided by the Santa Monica Police Department. These are arrests only. All parties are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY — Police have released the name of the man suspected of opening fire on officers, wounding one, during a traffic stop early Tuesday morning on Lincoln Boulevard.
CITY HALL — In a preview of an expected showdown before the City Council next month, accusations between neighborhood groups and the Chamber of Commerce are flying over City Hall’s long-studied general plan update known as the Land Use and Circulation Element (LUCE).
CITY HALL — Rent Control Board Commissioner Robert Kronovet says he will vote on the annual “general adjustment” — the maximum rent increase the board allows — despite a finding by California’s Fair Political Practices Commission that doing so would violate the state’s Political Reform Act.
CITYWIDE — Local redevelopment projects are relatively safe — for now. After Santa Monica’s Redevelopment Agency wrote a check for the state on May 10, city officials scrambled to soften the blow of losing almost $21 million in funds.
LINCOLN BLVD — A 16-year veteran of the Santa Monica Police Department was shot and wounded during a traffic stop early Tuesday morning, and police located and shot the suspected gunman after an hours-long search that involved officers from various law enforcement agencies, officials said.
CITY HALL — City Hall is recommending that owners of rent-controlled apartment buildings be allowed to raise rents by 2 percent this year, up from the 1 percent increase the Rent Control Board approved in 2009.
LAX COURTHOUSE — Juan-Carlos Cruz, the former host of the Food Network show “Calorie Commando,” pleaded not guilty Monday to attempted murder and solicitation of murder, authorities said.
SM COURTHOUSE — Tenants in rent controlled buildings should pay more each month to cover the full cost of a landlord’s tax bills, according to a lawsuit against Santa Monica’s Rent Control Agency filed last week by a group of local apartment owners.
