November 9, 2025
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Thomas B. Elias, Columnist

Spanish Train Wreck May Have A California Lesson:

The first thing the California High Speed Authority tells you about the late July train wreck outside the Spanish pilgrimage city of Santiago de Compostela is that “the system there is not true high speed […]

The 37th Annual Festival of the Chariots will be held this Sunday

Festival Of The Chariots: Lessons For Now:

This Sunday, beginning at 10 am, three 40-foot authentic chariots from India will roll from Santa Monica to Ocean Front Park in Venice in an impressive display that is the heart of the 37th Annual […]

Thomas B. Elias, Columnist

Earthquake Studies Complicate Fracking Questions:

Bank on this: As oil drilling companies begin ramping up for large numbers of wells in the Saudi Arabian-sized Monterey Shale geologic formation, opponents will paint some doomsday scenarios. Here’s one they will likely conjure […]

Thomas B. Elias, Columnist

San Onofre No Cause For A Power Panic:

Temperatures reached 116 degrees in some urban parts of California early this month, but there were no rolling blackouts, no brownouts, no problems. That happened with the San Onofre Nuclear Power Station producing not even […]

Thomas B. Elias, Columnist

Fracking And Water Tunnels: Is There A Link?:

By now, most Californians have probably heard that a huge geologic formation known as the Monterey Shale contains oil and natural gas in Saudi Arabian-style quantities, locked up in underground rocks lacing an area extending […]