SMC Evacuates After Power Outage, Suspected Gas Leak

The smell of rotten eggs wafting over parts of Santa Monica Monday afternoon was a scented chemical accidentally released from the city's Big Blue Bus. The transit agency's spokeswoman said a teaspoon of non-toxic Mercaptan was inadvertently released into the air about 12:45 p.m. by a Big Blue Bus subcontractor while handling equipment at the ... Continue reading at santamonica.patch.com.