Santa Monica student killed *

A Santa Monica High School student described only as "a popular tenth grader" was shot and killed last night on Pico Boulevard, prompting counselors to speak to classes this morning, CBS2 reports. "There were some student witnesses," says principal Ilene Straus. Parents and students have been complaining about simmering Latino-black tension at the school, but the Channel 2 website said nothing about whether race was a factor.

* (2:20 pm) Surf Santa Monica says the Latino student was killed after 9 pm at 26th Street and Pico, about a mile from campus.