Monday Essentials: Check Out Live Traffic, Santa Monica Airport, Speeding Crackdown

1. Check Santa Monica Patch's live traffic map before heading out to work or to run errands this week. 

2. Read Santa Monica Patch blogger Martin Rubin's blog on the Santa Monica Airport. This week at the Santa Monica Airport Commission meeting, newly appointed commissioner, Suzanne Paulson, is expected to be sworn in.

3. Santa Monica drivers beware. Santa Monica Police are cracking down on speeding, which is the leading cause of accidents in the city. 

4. The Santa Monica City Council will meet this week at City Hall. See the full agenda on the city's website. 

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