No state agency over the years has so disregarded the interests of both ordinary citizens and business owners as the state Public Utilities Commission. Not only has it failed to adequately supervise safety of things […]

Picture this happening in 2016, when California holds its next presidential primary election: The Democrats have already determined their candidate for the White House before the campaign arrives in the Golden State, but the Republicans […]

Editor’s Note: This is an open letter regarding the new proposed ordinance that will allow group trainers at Palisades Park. This is item 7A on the Santa Monica City Council’s Oct. 8 meeting. Friends of […]

“When you move to a new house you call your friends and neighbors to come see what you’ve done. We happen to have a lot of neighbors and we’ve invited them all, all the people […]

For most of the last five years, the pessimists Gov. Jerry Brown likes to call “declinists” were out in force, shouting to everyone who would listen that California’s best days are behind it, that Texas […]

Anyone who says there was no effect from political rule changes California used for the first time last year just hasn’t been watching. These included ”top two” primary elections, slightly revised term limits and use […]

Repeated battles for the soul of California’s Republican Party began in earnest in 1968, when the ultra-conservative state Schools Supt. Max Rafferty bested moderate U.S. Sen. Thomas Kuchel in a June primary election and went […]

I’m not sure where the concept of a “time out” for children began, and I’m not bothering to research it because “time outs” have become something of a “Get Out of Parenting – Free” card […]

For the 47th time in the last 10 years, an out-of-state electricity generating company has just agreed to repay big bucks to Californians for overcharges during the power crunch of the early 2000s. The question […]

The Tea Party, most conservative element of today’s Republican Party, takes its name from a historic incident. But today it appears to be ignoring history, at least the recent political history of California. For months, […]