December 26, 2025
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Thomas B. Elias, Columnist

T.A. Union Vote Exposes Extent Of Campus Anti-Semitism:

Few disputes fought out by student governments have ever been as acrimonious as the battles raging intermittently across this state on whether to push University of California regents and trustees of other universities to join […]

Thomas B. Elias, Columnist

Finally, Right-Sized Solar Getting A Push:

When ex-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and former Interior Secretary Ken Salazar made their way onto a hot and sunny alkali flat just west of the Interstate 15 freeway between Barstow and Las Vegas in late 2010, […]

Santa Monica city water is now used at all city functions.

Water Quality & Santa Monica Water Independence:

Water is the issue. We are in an extended drought. The City is focused on water. The goals are setting and meeting water conservation standards, creating opportunities for public reuse of stormwater through regulations, incentives, […]

Steve Stajich, Columnist

Five Easy Steps To A Happy Holiday:

The holidays are here, so let me be among the hopefully many who will wish you a Merry Christmas. I also wish you a joyful Hanukkah or Chanukah depending on how you chose to spell […]

Thomas B. Elias, Columnist

Next Up: A Semi-Sovereign California Movement?:

The proposed Six Californias initiative died last fall, a victim of the weaknesses in its own concept and so much skepticism that even a $5 million petition circulating campaign wasn’t enough to get it onto […]

Key Pension Question Unanswered In Stockton Ruling:

Politicians and public employees drawing pensions had high hopes they would get clarity on a key question from the federal bankruptcy judge presiding over the city of Stockton’s ongoing attempt to regain its financial health. […]