LAX Airport Police Earn Millions in Overtime at Airport

Wednesday, April 13, 2005
Report: LA airport police earn millions in overtime at airport
The Associated Press

LOS ANGELES – Los Angeles International Airport police earned $7.6 million in overtime last year, and three officers each accumulated more than $100,000 worth of additional work, it was reported Tuesday.

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LAX and Shrimp – Your Tax Dollars at Work…..?

Wednesday, April 13, 2005
City to Move Endangered Shrimp From Airport to Preserve
By Jennifer Oldham
The Los Angeles (CA) Times

The city will undertake a massive relocation effort, moving 468 tons of dirt by hand, to try to save some tiny endangered shrimp that live at Los Angeles International Airport.

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Aviation Director Named for San Jose Airport

Tuesday, April 12, 2005 Aviation director named for San Jose Airport By Andrew F. Hamm The Silicon Valley/San Jose (CA) Business Journal San Jose is naming Bill Sherry of Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport as the new aviation director at Mineta San Jose International Airport.

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Jets Displacing Pistons? GA Turf Wars…

Props Seen As Occupying Valuable Space A new threat to GA airports is appearing more and more frequently, and it’s a twist on the old familiar story of residents moving in, deciding they don’t like the airport noise and turning the field into a subdivision. Instead, those same residents seem to be realizing that a GA airport can be a cash cow for their communities — but not if it’s infested with little personal aircraft and weekend flyers. The big bucks come with fuel-guzzling jets and corporate expense accounts. For flight schools, small FBOs and private pilots trying to find hangar space, the result is the same. They’re being pushed out

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WATSONVILLE (CA)–Runway at Airport Up For Debate

Sunday, April 10, 2005
Runway at airport up for debate
By AMANDA SCHOENBERG
THE WATSONVILLE (CA) REGISTER-PAJARONIAN

City officials are gearing up for debate at Tuesday’s 6:30 p.m. City Council meeting on changes to the Watsonville Municipal Airport crosswind runway that would pave the way for eventual development of the Buena Vista area west of the airport.

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Long Beach Airport Ballot Battle Brewing

Saturday, April 9, 2005
Long Beach airport ballot battle brewing
Officials hope to speed environmental report to head off expansion initiative.
By Jason Gewirtz
The Long Beach (CA) Press-Telegram

City officials mobilized this week to thwart a potential ballot initiative over Long Beach Airport terminal improvements by exploring ways to fast-track a key environmental study on the project.

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Oceanside- City Coucil Ponders Commercial Development

Thursday, April 7, 2005
Council flinches at airport authority
The San Diego (CA) Union-Tribune

OCEANSIDE – The city should not have to make the choice between its airport and a proposed 90-acre development that would bring jobs and tax revenue, City Council members said yesterday.

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San Jose- Cameras to Catch Airport Curfew Violators

Thursday, April 7, 2005
Cameras to catch curfew violators
The San Jose (CA) Mercury News

To better enforce its noise curfew, San Jose’s airport will install two thermal-imaging cameras in July to snap infrared pictures of planes that are not supposed to take off or land during the overnight ban.

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Corona Airport Says Thanks

Corona Airport Pilots, as well as the Corona Pilots’ Association, wants to thank the surrounding airports that assisted us during the January and February flooding. Chino Airport opened their arms and gave all who came a tie-down free of charge until they were able to return home. Riverside Airport provided a separate area for “Corona Refugees” as well as “Redlands Refugees,” again free of charge. Flabob provided not only free rent for six months, but held a “Corona Friendship Day” complete with lunch and a tour of their facility. Several tenants opened their own hangar doors and allowed Corona aircraft that are fabric, antique or composite, to share their space (a small fee was charged, but all Corona guys were more than happy to pay their fair share). Because these three airports are the closest to Corona, many of our tenants went there, but others flew to other locales, including French Valley, Fullerton and Orange County.

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Rialto Municipal Airport- FAA Against Closure

Tuesday, April 5, 2005
Rialto warned by FAA
City told it can’t close airport
By Nikki Cobb
The San Bernardino (CA) Sun

RIALTO – The Federal Aviation Administration has drawn a line in the sand, warning the city in a letter that any attempt to close the Rialto Municipal Airport will be met with resistance.

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