January 14, 2026
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Steve Stajich, Columnist

Digital Sign Blackout: Amen!:

We were driving back home to Santa Monica after sunset from a weekend in the desert. We don’t usually make that journey after dark, so maybe we were due for a few new experiences. At […]

Thomas B. Elias, Columnist

San Onofre, Hanford Help Fuel Anti-Nuke Initiative:

The operators of both the San Onofre Nuclear Power Station and the nuclear waste reservation at Hanford, Wash., could not be doing better if they actually wanted to promote a new prospective ballot initiative aimed […]

Thomas B. Elias, Columnist

Beware Of Easy California Municipal Bankruptcies:

No one is seriously suggesting that California will soon become another Cyprus, the Greek-speaking Mediterranean island nation whose economic bailout plan includes dunning holders of “large” bank accounts as much as half their holdings and […]

Fracking Fantasy: Letter To The Editor:

Dear Editor, I read with both interest and some consternation the April 6 article by Thomas Elias touting the potential miracle cure of fracking to what ails the California economy.  I think a little more […]

Thomas B. Elias, Columnist

Fracking: Potential Miracle And Big Challenge:

Starting with the day in January 1848 when gold flakes and nuggets first turned up at Sutter’s Mill northeast of Sacramento, California has seen plenty of economic miracles, each focused in a different part of […]

The U.S. Postal Service at 5th and Arizona will relocate at a yet to be determined date to 1653 7th Street so the property can be sold. The relocation and building sale is part of a nationwide response by USPS to “reduce costs and operate more efficiently” in the face of dramatic decreases in mail volume and revenue

Enjoy Your Local Post Office… NOW!:

I think Americans are unfairly and even wrongly apathetic about whether or not the U.S. Postal Service survives into the 21st century. Waiting in line at any of the three Santa Monica branches I frequent […]