November 11, 2025
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Thomas B. Elias, Columnist

Time To Fix A Law The Courts Have Mucked Up:

Talk to corporate executives and they’ll often say California is a difficult place to do business, in part because consumers can file class action lawsuits willy-nilly, even when their companies haven’t screwed up. But it […]

Thomas B. Elias, Columnist

State Senate Must Do More To Restore Trust:

Ever since San Francisco’s Leland Yee joined his colleagues Ron Calderon of Montebello and Roderick Wright of Los Angeles on the state Senate’s indicted/convicted list and then all three were suspended, other senators have recognized […]

Steve Stajich, Columnist

Driving & Phones: A Digital DWI?:

Which is potentially more dangerous: Driving after three vodka tonics, driving with a small dog sitting in your lap… or looking down at your phone to see if Biffy and Skeeter are going to show […]

Thomas B. Elias, Columnist

Will Manson Family Killer Eventually Go Free?:

If it seemed like déjà vu all over again the other day when the state’s parole board issued a decision that could free a leading disciple of perhaps the most vicious killer California has ever […]

Donald W. Douglas founded his aircraft manufacturing empire in Santa Monica just 17 years after the Wright Brothers first flew in 1903.

What Say You? Closing Santa Monica Airport:

At the Santa Monica Council Meeting on Tuesday, council members unanimously signaled its intent to direct the closing of Santa Monica Airport (SMO) and to work to protect neighbors from noise and pollution impacts until […]