Owners of electric cars get a break on the gas tax. It’s costing California $32 million

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Another supporter of the bill, Sen. Ben Allen (D-Santa Monica), and his wife own a Nissan Leaf they bought in 2016, according to spokeswoman Allison Towle. “Sen. Allen spent his political capital fighting for transit funding in SB 1, not a tax break” for his family’s car, Towle said. Hill said there was an argument to be made for existing ...
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Public service, celebrations mark Martin Luther King Jr. holiday in L.A.

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After the parade, there will be a festival in Leimert Park with booths, food and music open until 5 p.m. For another take on the meaning of the day, there will be a dialogue at the Unitarian Universalist Community Church of Santa Monica in Forbes Hall. The theme is “Confronting Structural Racism in Traditionally White Spaces.” The goal ...
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Newsletter: Some pricing trickery from JetBlue

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Greener, sweeter: Since 2010, signs at Santa Monica-based Sweetgreen have assured diners “nothing from inside Sweetgreen goes to the landfill.” But for most of the time, that hasn’t been entirely true. In many of the company’s biggest markets, municipal composting was and is nonexistent. The company is trying to remedy that. Nissan ...
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Architect John Parkinson’s Santa Monica home on the market for $20M

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While the first two were located in Westlake and Downtown, not far from his firm’s offices, Parkinson’s third and final residence was built near the ocean in an undeveloped tract then known as the Sawtelle Annex, now considered part of Santa Monica. Parkinson completed the home, a two-story Spanish Colonial with Italian Renaissance ...
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Rihanna and Boyfriend Hassan Jameel Split After 3 Years Together

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On my calendar we now have the infamous 'P,' which means personal days. This is a new thing." In August of last year, Rihanna's mother and one of her brothers stepped out with the happy couple for dinner at a restaurant in Santa Monica, Calif., proving that things were seemingly getting serious with the two. Previously, the couple had been ...
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