February 18, 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 […]