November 9, 2025
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Thomas B. Elias, Columnist

Fracking: Sensible Regulation Is The Way To Go:

Fears abound as California faces the reality that, besides all its other natural wonders, it sits atop an Arabian-sized oil and natural gas bonanza that can only be exploited via the process of hydraulic fracturing, […]

Thomas B. Elias, Columnist

Desert Energy Plan Would Boost Utility Profits:

What happens when a big government study undermines the assumptions made by the writers of another pricey official report? Obvious, isn’t it? When studies or parts of studies contradict each other’s basic conclusions and assumptions, […]

A Gift for Every Graduate: Letter To The Editor:

Editor’s Note: The following is a letter from the President of the League of Women Voters of Santa Monica. Dear Editor, It’s that time of year again. Graduations are upon us and students are now […]

Seeing Pico Youth & Family Center’s Genius: Op-Ed:

Editor’s Note: This is an Op-Ed from Angel Villasenor who is a Syracuse University graduate student in Cultural Foundations of Education Program. He grew up in the Pico Neighborhood and attended PYFC as a youth.  […]

The Academy Awards were last held at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in 1968.

Reimagining The Santa Monica Civic Auditorium:

We sat on uncomfortable seats in Santa Monica’s beloved Civic Auditorium on Saturday. A full house was there for the Santa Monica Symphony Orchestra’s “A Farewell Tribute to the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium.”   The all-Tchaikovsky […]

Thomas B. Elias, Columnist

GOP: Cosmetic Change Is All We Need:

As the election neared last year and it became clear that Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney could not possibly win without more Latino support than he had so far earned, the national GOP made a […]