December 26, 2025
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Thomas B. Elias, Columnist

Prospects Improve For Condoms-In-Porn Initiative:

For years, the loudest arguments against expanding a landmark Los Angeles law requiring condom use by adult film actors in sex scenes to the rest of California were financial and geographic: The pornography industry argued […]

(Left) Name: Theo. Lives: Santa Monica. Wearing: Adidas sneakers. (Center) Just moved to Santa Monica from Sweden.Wearing: Baseball socks from American Apparel/flower hair band. (Right) Names: Ryan and Rich. Lives: Marina Del Rey and Santa Monica. Wearing: Sunglasses from Eyes On Main / Paul Smith sneakers.

Clothing Honor Wears Thin In Santa Monica:

We can all relax now, because the results are in: Santa Monica is the best-dressed “suburb” in America. Whew! Yes, it was close there for a while when it was announced that Mukwonago, Wisconsin was […]

Thomas B. Elias, Columnist

California Red Light Camera Plague Abating A Bit:

For many California drivers, there have been few worse plagues than the red light cameras that once operated in more than 70 cities across the state. At their peak, red light cameras featured tickets costing […]

Thomas B. Elias, Columnist

Tail Wags Dog Again In Presidential Race:

Almost exactly one year from today – Jan. 26, 2016 – voters in New Hampshire will don parkas and trek through snowdrifts to tell the rest of America who should be running for president and […]

Steve Stajich, Columnist

Foie Gras,With A Side Order Of Guilt:

Full Disclosure: At some point I may have eaten some foie gras; fattened goose liver thought by folks who like that sort of thing to be a delicacy. I know I’ve been in rooms where […]