Married on Valentine’s Day: County clerk’s office performs 200 ceremonies

In December 2024, 65-year-old Willie Brooks was on the verge of deleting his mobile dating app. But he decided to give the digital match-making process one more week. Then he met his now-wife, 54-year-old Camara.

“The ironic thing about the app was I had been on it for six months, and I said, ‘Oh, this isn’t working. I’ll just chill. I’m just going to leave it alone. Whatever happens, good fortune happens, it’s going to have to happen another way,” Brooks said. “And that last week, she popped up. Come to find out, she said she was going to give it one more week.”

The Brookses were married Saturday, Feb. 14, in a civil ceremony at Waterfront Park with a picturesque San Diego Bay as the backdrop. The ceremony was performed by San Diego County Assessor/Recorder/County Clerk Jordan Marks, who also holds the title of San Diego’s commissioner of civil marriages.

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