January 15, 2026
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Thomas B. Elias, Columnist

Race For California School Chief About Change:

With no serious contest at the top of next month’s primary election ballot and none likely to emerge this fall, the multi-candidate run for California secretary of state has drawn a lot of political attention. […]

Steve Stajich, Columnist

Bergamot Plans: Tomorrowland Or Swamp?:

Full Disclosure: My life partner of 27 years is an artist and I write for the theater, which possibly allows us to deploy the words “art” and “artists” at dinners and receptions. Thus we’re both […]

Thomas B. Elias, Columnist

Whose University Of California Will It Be?:

As springtime admission and rejection letters went out from the nine undergraduate campuses of the University of California, the squeeze on this state’s most promising high school graduates became tighter than ever before. That made […]

Steve Stajich, Columnist

Santa Monica: Danger Town USA?:

At a certain point you can get statistics to “reveal” just about anything. If one were to compare the sales figures for pizza deliveries to the sales figures for legalized pot in Colorado since that […]

Thomas B. Elias, Columnist

Plenty Of Reasons Not To Trust State Government:

Californians don’t trust their state government. That’s nothing really new, but right now there’s as much cause for distrust as ever before in modern times. There is, of course, the scandal that sees three indicted […]

Thomas B. Elias, Columnist

Natural Gas Exports Will Raise Prices, And Soon:

Because of hydraulic fracturing in states like North Dakota and Wyoming, Californians and other Americans have enjoyed lower natural gas prices over the last two winters than any time in the last 15 years. That […]