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WEEKEND EDITION
03.05.16 - 03.06.16 Volume 15 Issue 94
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WHAT’S UP WESTSIDE ..................PAGE 2 NEW SMC POLICE CHIEF ..............PAGE 3 DOWNTOWN QUESTIONS ..............PAGE 4 CRIME WATCH ..................................PAGE 8 MYSTERY REVEALED ....................PAGE 9
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City spars with airport advocates over leases BY MATTHEW HALL Daily Press Editor
Airport critics and supporters are engaged in a war of words over recent actions at the Santa Monica Airport. The recent exchange began on Feb. 26 when Senior Advisor to the
City Manager Nelson Hernandez sent an email announcing the departure of Gunnell Properties. “This is consistent with Santa Monica policy of local control of Airport land; land that the people of Santa Monica purchased in the 1920s and have owned continuously for nearly 100 years,” he
wrote. “The City attempted to negotiate an agreement with Gunnell that would have facilitated a smooth and orderly transition, unfortunately the parties were unable to reach terms.” Gunnell has operated at SMO SEE AIRPORT PAGE 7
Samohi wins academic ‘Ocean Bowl’ Team of local students advances to nationals in North Carolina
VICTORY Morgan Genser
The St. Monica High School boys varsity baseball team hosted Sherman Oak CES in a non-league baseball game and won 8-1 to improve their record to 2-1. Pictured are St. Monica’s players Tony Farina pitching and Marco Diaz at bat. Courtesy Photo
WINNERS: A group of Santa Monica students have advanced to the National Ocean Sciences Bowl.
Santa Monican helps launch Electronic Music Awards BY PETER LEWIS Special to the Daily Press
Though popular among club goers around the world, electronic music is not usually presented as a
category on awards shows - the recent Grammy Awards ignored the genre completely. But now, thanks to some far-seeing collaboSEE MUSIC PAGE 5
BY JEFFREY I. GOODMAN Daily Press Staff Writer
The question came to Rhys Gaida in the heat of competition, a victory for Santa Monica High School at stake: What are the three polyp types that make up the Portuguese man o’ war, a venomous sea organism? Gaida furnished the correct answers — gonozooid, dactylozooid and gastrozooid — to
cap a convincing victory for Samohi at the National Ocean Sciences Bowl regional competition Feb. 27 at Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena. By taking first place at the 17th edition of the Southern California contest, the Samohi team earned a trip to Morehead City, N.C., to battle dozens of other regional winners April SEE SCIENCE PAGE 6