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What's Up: Crazy Socks, Prop 8, Food Trucks in Marina del Rey

Five things to begin your day in Marina del Rey.

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Here are five things to start off your Thursday in Marina del Rey:

  1. Los Angeles City Council members – donning eye-catching socks emblazoned with multicolored stripes, polka-dots and superheroes – launched a sock collection drive Wednesday to benefit a downtown homeless shelter and resource center. The socks collected during the Aug. 14-28 drive will go to the Midnight Mission, Councilman Joe Buscaino announced.

  2. More than a month after the U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for same-sex weddings to resume in California, the state's highest court Wednesday rejected the last remaining legal challenge to the unions. The state Supreme Court dismissed a last-minute petition by supporters of Proposition 8 – which was approved by California voters in 2008 and banned same-sex marriage – asking that the measure continue to be enforced in the state. The California Supreme Court did not detail the reasons for its decision, simply dismissing the petition.

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  • The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County dropped today to its lowest amount since May 5, falling 1 cent to $3.916. The average price has decreased for 26 consecutive days and is 7.3 cents less than one week ago, 16.4 cents lower than one month ago and 18.7 cents below what it was one year ago, according to figures from the AAA and Oil Price Information Service.
  • The Beach Eats food truck event returns again to Mother's Beach in Marina del Rey Thursday from 5-9 p.m. The weekly event features a range of food trucks and cuisines. 
  • It will be another nice day in Marina del Rey with morning clouds and afternoon sun. The high will hover around 76 degrees with an overnight low of 64 degrees. 

    • - City News Service contributed to this report.




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