Senior U.S. District Judge Ronald S. W. Lew on Oct. 8 issued a two-week temporary restraining order to delay the city of Santa Monica from shortening the embattled California airport’s runway. Deconstruction was scheduled to start Oct. 9 to shorten the runway from nearly 5,000 feet to 3,500 feet, but the city had postponed the start date to Oct. 18 because of a delay with a vendor.
Source: aopaDistrict judge halts Santa Monica runway shortening