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    Celebration: The City of Santa Monica’s 32nd Juneteenth Celebration kicks off Saturday afternoon at Virginia Avenue Park. Courtesy image Family Pride Celebration @ Annenberg Community Beach House: Trailblazing Queer Chicana graphic novelist Kayden ...
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    From inspiring speeches to rousing musical performances, the 2024 Samohi Graduation ceremony was a moment years in the making for 659 young adults. Held at the Memorial Greek Theatre, the 170th graduation exercises began with a processional where seniors walked throughout the theatre space to wave to family and friends.
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    California law compels businesses to offer employment benefits to more workers rather than treating them like independent contractors.
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    Thousands of drivers have filed legal claims against Amazon, alleging their classification as independent contractors has led to unpaid wages
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    Dear Editor, Our city council seems to want Santa Monica to be ever more trashy and financially struggling, rather than classy and financially sound. Thanks to a well-deserved reputation for crime and rampant shoplifting,
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    Triumph: City officials and business leaders revved up for an exciting afternoon at Triumph Santa Monica, taking part in the “Boulevard Bikes and Brews” open house event on June 1. The Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony for the motorcycle shop at 1710 Santa Monica Blvd.
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    Uber has lost its long-running attempt to overturn a California law that would require it to provide employment rights to its drivers and delivery workers. The ruling by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals could have major implications — depending what the state Supreme Court decides in a separate but related case.
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    Dear Editor, I am writing to bring light to the maltreatment of the three lovely hens currently surviving in a small cage of dirt and filth on Yale Street in Santa Monica, as a part of the Upward Bound House urban farm,
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    The Westside of Los Angeles is famous for its sand and surf, but also notable for the third “s” in the equation, skateboarding culture. To celebrate a powerful group changing the fabric of skateboarding worldwide,
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    On the one hand, allowing local advisory boards and commissions to meet remotely could make it easier for more Californians to take part, including those with disabilities or in jobs that make it hard to attend in-person meetings.
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    George Orwell’s novel about a dystopian future, he describes “newspeak,” a propagandistic language of euphemisms and inversions used by officialdom to mask the reality of their meaning. We got a dose of California-style newspeak last week when state Sen.
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    Photo by Thomas Leffler For 20 soon to be high schoolers, their final day as Santa Monica Alternative School House (SMASH) students was much like their school experience, full of both playful and poignant moments. On Tuesday, SMASH held a graduation ...
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    According to the Santa Monica Police Department (SMPD), just after midnight, in the early hours of this morning, Tuesday, 11 June, officers responded to a 911 call of an assault in the 2700 block of Main Street.
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    From navigating the deep waters of the COVID-19 pandemic to raising the profile of Saint Monica Preparatory’s breadth of activities, the Mariners class of 2024 was 76 souls committed to bettering themselves and the school community.
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    In those cases, protecting the discussion is absolutely valid. Premium Santa Monica news in your inbox. It's free, cancel anytime. However, there are instances where the discussions that are allowed to occur in closed session should be daylighted and the ...
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    As Samohi seniors prepare to put SMMUSD in the rearview mirror, it's also time for some of the district’s employees to ride into the sunset.
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    The first marketplace for local and diverse small businesses opened on Pico Blvd in a ribbon cutting ceremony that attracted the attention of local television news media, along with local residents and members of City Council.
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    As we enter the summer, and as the slow economic recovery from the shutdown continues, and candidates for our local offices begin to be endorsed by our various organizations, to ask what we want for our city in the next four years.
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    I wanted to believe that humanity was more courageous, more rooted in morality than corporal fear. Premium Santa Monica news in your inbox. It's free, cancel anytime. But throughout history we see that Hobbes was often right. When violence strikes ...
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    The Santa Monica Pier’s amusement park introduced “Snackville” on June 7, a colony of customer-pleasing stands serving burgers, fries, churros, ice cream, funnel cake and frozen fruit treats. The new locale is the first of $10 million in capital ...
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