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Not valid from hotels or with other offers • SM residents only • Expires 12/31/12 THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 2012 Volume 11 Issue 195 Santa Monica Daily Press LOCAL LEGEND PASSES SEE PAGE 3 We have you covered THE FLYING PATTERNS ISSUE California SoCal cities beaches say no to need help, SMO flight report says schools NRDC calls on EPA Program to divert to strengthen water traffic draws opposition BY ASHLEY ARCHIBALD quality regulations Daily Press Staff Writer BY ASHLEY ARCHIBALD CITY HALL Local governments throughout Daily Press Staff Writer Southern California are taking a stand against a proposal to pay Santa Monica flight SM BEACH A Santa Monica-based nonprof- schools to take some of their training flights it reported that the nation’s beaches last year to other airports. experienced the third-highest number of The item, which appeared on the June 26 closures and advisory days in over two City Council agenda, would have set aside decades, spurring calls for stronger federal $90,000 for a six-month pilot program to environmental regulations. reimburse flight schools $150 for some prac- According to the Natural Resources tice flights to be conducted at other airports Defense Council (NRDC), the 3,000 beaches on weekends and holidays. across the country represented in its “Testing A qualifying flight would include at least the Waters” study reported that they were four takeoffs and landings at the other air- closed or had health advisories for 23,481 port in order to incentivize pilots to do that days in 2011. kind of required training elsewhere. On roughly two-thirds of those days the The policy targets repetitive takeoffs and beaches closed because of elevated levels of landings from qualified flight schools, the bacteria known to make swimmers sick. same kind of flights that Santa Monica resi- California, with 497 beaches included in dents living near SMO often complain creates the report, ranked 21 out of 30 states in constant noise and increases the risk of a crash overall beach water quality and accounted into the populated neighborhood below. for roughly 25 percent of the nation’s beach City officials from other Southern closures and advisories. California communities that have airports Daniel Archuleta [email protected] caught wind of the proposal and had one SEE WATER PAGE 10 TAKING IT IN: A pair of women sunbathe on Santa Monica State Beach. question: What about us? “It’s not fair to pass on the burden to other cities,” said James Gazeley, mayor of the city of Lomita, in a phone call Wednesday. School district dismisses slapping claim Gazeley wrote a letter to the City Council expressing his concerns that the city of BY KEVIN HERRERA Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School damages is expected to be filed soon on Lomita, which is under the flight path of Editor in Chief District Superintendent Sandra Lyon told behalf of Evans, her attorney, Donald Torrance Airport, would suffer from the the Daily Press Tuesday that the district Karpel, said. added flights. SMMUSD HDQTRS Public school officials would not be pay the student, Dionne The former ninth grader filed the claim He also took issue with a statement in the have rejected a claim for over $1 million in Evans, $1 million for pain and suffering and for damages with the school district on staff report that suggested that other air- damages filed by the family of a Malibu High another $10,000 to cover medical expenses June 15. The district had 45 days to settle ports, like Torrance, were “better suited” to School student who says she was slapped in related to counseling she says she received the claim by paying the full amount or accommodate pattern flying. the face multiple times by her teacher for following the alleged incident. failing to bring a notebook to class. A lawsuit for an unspecified amount of SEE CLAIM PAGE 12 SEE SMO PAGE 11 WE CURE PROPERTY POWER 6 DAILY SPECIALS PROMOTE YOUR MANAGEMENT HEADACHES $ .50 $ .50 2010 Realtor of the Year BREAKFAST 7 - 8 BUSINESS HERE! Contact: INCLUDING BEVERAGE Yes, in this very spot! 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Incorrect information appeared in the June 27 community brief “Early fireworks at SMC.” The brief should have said that food and drinks are permitted on Corsair Field, just no alcoholic beverages. Inside Scoop Visit us online at smdp.com THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 2012 3 COMMUNITY BRIEFS Citywide Fireworks still prohibited in Santa Monica With the upcoming Independence Day festivities, the Santa Monica fire and police departments urge residents not to use fireworks within city limits. Using any type of fireworks is illegal, including those that can be pur- chased in a city where it is legal. Safety officials continue to stress the impor- tance of avoiding these consumer fireworks, and encourage residents to instead attend professionally executed firework displays. According to the SMFD, in 2010 fireworks caused approximately 15,500 reported fires nationwide, including 1,100 total structure fires and 300 vehi- cle fires. In addition, about eight civilian deaths, 60 civilian injuries and $36 million in property damage also occurred because of these fireworks-related fires.