November 9, 2025
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Thomas B. Elias, Columnist

New Questions On Hydrogen Highway:

Significant new questions are cropping up about a California Energy Commission (CEC) program designed to assure there will be enough hydrogen refueling stations to make buying hydrogen fuel cell cars practical when they debut commercially […]

Steve Stajich, Columnist

The New Theater Of Response:

On Thursday, May 16th, our city unfortunately got the chance to implement full cautionary measures against a potential campus shooting threat.  On that day the Santa Monica Police Department received a message from LAPD that […]

Thomas B. Elias, Columnist

How Much Should Non-Doctors Do?:

One thing is certain as California heads for a new health insurance era under the Affordable Health Care Act, better known as Obamacare: Almost all parts of the state will need more medical professionals to […]

Steve Stajich, Columnist

Giant Mouse Attacks Holiday, Then Retreats:

When we were kids my father fabricated a Christmas decoration for our front yard out of an old poster and some plywood. The poster had been advertising for Coca Cola that featured the cherry-cheeked Santa […]

Thomas B. Elias, Columnist

Toll Roads, Lanes Sound Warning Note For HSR:

Gov. Jerry Brown, construction labor unions and some others are determined to proceed with California’s nascent bullet train, with the first tracks scheduled to be laid later this year between Madera and the south end […]

Steve Stajich, Columnist

Public Spaces Are Exactly That:

The City has heard the uplifted voices of exercise instructors and, for now, agreed to try and find harmony between what public spaces should be and a desire on the part of fitness trainers to […]