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Catching Up With Santa Monica’s Tongva Park At Night:

January 18, 2014

January 18, 2014

Any public space or public space art installation is bound to have its detractors. That’s the nature of putting anything...

Compelling Priorities For New California Lawmaking Session:

January 12, 2014

January 12, 2014

Like swallows returning to Capistrano, state legislators come back to Sacramento as each new year begins, ready to peck away...

Understand Drone Decision Simple As ABC: Anywhere But California:

January 11, 2014

January 11, 2014

It turns out that understanding the federal government’s late-December decision on where to site the testing of unmanned aircraft in...

Nat Trives: The Long View Of Santa Monica:

January 11, 2014

January 11, 2014

Nat Trives was first elected to the Santa Monica City Council in 1971 and was re-elected in 1975. He served...

California Governor Jerry Brown Gives Clues On Possible Next Term:

January 5, 2014

January 5, 2014

Gov. Jerry Brown hasn’t yet said whether he’ll run for a new term as governor, his fourth overall. Aides like...

Silly Season: Two State Plans Going Nowhere In California:

January 4, 2014

January 4, 2014

Early January is usually a downtime in the co-dependent businesses of government and news, replete with vacation breaks for many....

2013: Life In The Duck Dynasty:

January 4, 2014

January 4, 2014

During the Ming Dynasty in China the Mongols were removed from the throne, literature became more important, schools were created,...

Warnings From A Truth-Telling Treasurer:

December 29, 2013

December 29, 2013

Every once in awhile, California gets a major public official who thrives on telling the unvarnished truth. In recent history,...

Election Year Focus Will Be Away From Top Of Ticket:

December 28, 2013

December 28, 2013

In any normal election year, most public attention, newspaper headlines and television reportage centers on top-of-the-ticket jobs like president, governor...

GOP’S New Hispanic Outreach Another Futile Exercise:

December 22, 2013

December 22, 2013

Give the Republican Party credit: After drawing fewer than 23 percent of Latino votes in the last presidential election, the...