California lawmaker to propose more voting centers and increased voting-by-mail in LA after long Super Tuesday lines

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California Sen. Ben Allen, a Democrat from Santa Monica, which is within LA County, announced plans to introduce legislation that would require the county to provide every voter with a vote-by-mail ballot or to significantly increase the number of vote centers on Election Day. The election law proposal comes as LA County, the biggest voting ...
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USC’s Jonah Mathews sees himself as a basketball lifer

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LOS ANGELES — When he walks onto the Galen Center court for the last time, Jonah Mathews will have 30 to 40 family members and friends in the crowd. Old classmates from Santa Monica High have been snatching up tickets in advance of his USC swan song. Those are the perks of being the local kid. “Everybody’s gonna be here,” he says.
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LA Marathon Taking Place Sunday, Despite Coronavirus Fears

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According to the marathon's website, more than 27,000 athletes from all 50 states and more than 78 countries will set out from Dodger Stadium in an effort to reach the finish line in Santa Monica. “I know other cities have canceled or modified their marathons … some others have basically canceled marathons except for elite runners,'' Bonin ...
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California officials demand changes to L.A. voting after election day chaos

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State Sen. Ben Allen (D-Santa Monica), the author of the 2016 law to move counties away from traditional elections and toward a model that combines absentee ballots with full-service centers for those who want to vote in person, said he will introduce legislation next week that would require L.A. County to open more vote centers in November or ...
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Good Times, Good Tunes

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Ja’Net DuBois was an actress on Good Times, the ’70s sitcom. So her face was known across the nation. But her voice may be better known in the long run — because she sings “Movin’ On Up,” the Jeffersons theme song.
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Sony Santa Monica Appoints 19 Year PlayStation Veteran as New Studio Head - News

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Yesterday Google announced it has hired Shannon Studstill, the former head of studio of Sony Interactive Entertainment Santa Monica Studio, to form a new studio in Playa Vista, California to develop exclusives for Google Stadia. Studstill was the executive producer of the PlayStation 4 exclusive, God of War. Sony Interactive Entertainment in a ...
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