SMO — A man was arrested on drug trafficking charges last week after allegedly flying into an Illinois airport from Santa Monica with 74 pounds of marijuana.
CITY HALL — Officials will get the opportunity to look at Santa Monica Airport in a whole new light Tuesday when staff presents the findings of seven months of analysis examining the economic impact and potential of the 227-acre space.
CITY HALL — Flight school owners and residents squared off in a sometimes contentious workshop Monday night meant to “begin a conversation” about how the two groups could live in peace.
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.
Couples frequently use a dog as a way to deepen their relationship, and treat the experience like a starter child. But when the relationship ends, what do you do about the dog? Well, luckily I have a new book coming out which deals with pets and separations.
SMO — On Monday, Aug. 29, a student pilot in a Cessna 172 crashed into a home in the Sunset Park neighborhood of Santa Monica for unknown reasons. The accident raised old concerns about the safety of having airport operations, including flight schools and private planes, operating so close to homes.
SMO — A device that measures airspeed malfunctioned before an August airplane crash in the Sunset Park neighborhood that left the pilot and two bystanders injured, according to a preliminary report by federal investigators.
Last week, I wrote about City Councilman Bob Holbrook’s theory that "deep-pocketed" aviation interests may enter local politics and back pro-Santa Monica Airport candidates for City Council pledged to keep SMO open and even expand it as an aviation center.
CITYWIDE — Within the last two weeks, members of the Santa Monica community have received lengthy, anonymous phone calls from polling companies asking their opinions on politics and the Santa Monica Airport, but no one seems to know who is behind the effort.
AIRPORT COURTHOUSE — A man charged with stabbing his wife to death as she worked at a checkout stand at a Santa Monica Albertson’s plead not guilty Thursday and is being held in lieu of $1 million bail, officials with the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office said.
SMO — Organizers postponed indefinitely a long-awaited event meant to show off the appeal of the Santa Monica Airport Wednesday just three days before it was supposed to take place.
SACRAMENTO — Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill into law Wednesday that allows landlords to prohibit smoking in their apartments, but Santa Monica property owners say the measure doesn’t go far enough.
