With the recent release of the phase-1 visioning staff report to be presented to the city council on October 4, 2011, the airport has been in the news a lot lately.  Here are some of the recent stories in the press:

Link:Council Members Discuss SMO’s Future, Community raises issues (SM Mirror – Oct 7, 2011)
Link:On to Phase II in Airport Talks ( LookOut news – Oct 6, 2011)
Link:Council keeps momentum behind airport visioning process (SM Daily Press – Oct 6, 2011)
Link:Santa Monica Airport Study Advances (Santa Monica Patch – Oct 5, 2011)
Link:Plane that Departed SMO on Monday Loaded with 74 pounds of Pot (SM Mirror – Oct 4, 2011)
Link:Jet Engines at Santa Monica Airport ‘Are Deafening’ (Santa Monica Patch – Oct 4, 2011)
Link:Flight out of SMO ends in drug bust (Santa Monica Daily Press – Oct 4, 2011)
Link:Residents Ready for a Fight Over Santa Monica Airport’s Future (LookOut news – Oct 4, 2011)
Link:Friends of Sunset Park Object to Airport Study (LookOut news – Oct 4, 2011)
Link:Council “Pre-Capitulation” Slammed (LookOut news – Oct 3, 2011)
Link:Flying Blind (LookOut news – Oct 3, 2011)
Link:Enough is Enough (LookOut News – Oct 3, 2011)
Link:Santa Monica Airport analysis shows rosy economics (Santa Monica Daily Press – Oct 3, 2011)
Link:Santa Monica Airport Report ‘is a sham’ (Santa Monica Patch – Oct 3, 2011)
Link:Airport Visioning Process Biased (Santa Monica Dispatch – Oct 2, 2011)
Link:Special Meeting to focus on airport’s future, student pilot crash (Argonaut – Sept 29, 2011)
Link:Sparks Fly as Residents go toe to to with Santa Monica Airport (LookOut News – Sept 28, 2011)
Link:Group Backs Request to Investigate SMO Toxins (Santa Monica Patch – Sept 14, 2011)
Link:Feds to ‘Look at Plane in greater Detail’ (Santa Monica Patch – August 30, 2011)