Proposition 8 is an amendment to California’s Constitution. It was passed by a comfortable margin via ballot initiative in 2008. Prop. 8 maintained the age-old definition of marriage in the Golden State as requiring binary male-female compatibility.
CITYWIDE — The Santa Monica City Council could make it more difficult to park tall vehicles in parts of the city at its meeting next week. The council will hear a second reading of an ordinance requested by three city departments to post signs prohibiting the parking of vehicles over 5 feet high in
Samohi’s boys’ volleyball team retains its No. 1 ranking in the latest CIF-Southern Section Division 4 poll released on Monday. St. Monica also retained its spot in the D-5 rankings.
One of Santa Monica’s more popular Italian restaurants, i. Cugini, plans to close its doors in June. Sam King, CEO of King’s Seafood Co., which owns i.
MID-CITY — Things are looking up for Concord Prep. It’s Sunday and a handful of teenagers from the small private high school are dressed in medieval garb, practicing lines in a student’s back yard in preparation for a school production of “The Tempest.
SMO — The Santa Monica Airport has its share of enemies, or at least vehement detractors, but now it can claim to have a group of friends. A new community organization called Friends of the Santa Monica Airport, or FOSMO, formed in November 2010 with the aim of promoting aviation and educating neigh
Last week, Georgina and Marguerita residents told the City Council that City Hall was barking up the wrong tree. Neighbors had received flyers from City Hall advising that the iconic, 100-year-old Canary Island Palm trees that line their streets between Ocean Avenue and 14th Street would be suppleme
CITY HALL — Santa Monica bicyclists, rejoice — the wait is almost over. The past week and a half has seen two workshops largely focused on pushing forward the “no new trips” agenda embodied in the general plan’s land use and circulation element, or LUCE, with great attention paid to prioritizing bik
Second son Spencer lives in Japan, where he teaches Japanese literature and culture. About twice a year he comes home for vacation. As a special treat and to celebrate his visit we usually go to dinner (with other family members) to Sasabune, where Spencer kids around in Japanese with the owner and
Q. I know a lady who recently lost her job and became homeless due to the recession. She has been sleeping in other people’s cars (with their permission) for the time being until she can collect Social Security benefits.
THIRD STREET — Tenants are living in fear of eviction as the City Attorney’s Office and Rent Control Board fight to preserve rental units at the Embassy Hotel and Apartments on Third Street.
PICO BLVD — A human chain stretching from San Diego to Sacramento will pass through Santa Monica Sunday to raise funds for community college students in the face of looming budget cuts to higher education.
