Big changes are coming to Santa Monica’s Downtown District. The Exposition Light Rail (Expo) is on schedule to open 2015. The City has just completed a deal to secure the property between Fourth and Fifth […]

Like thousands of people in our region, I visited the LA Auto Show this past month. The LA Auto Show is unique as the international showcase for new hybrid and electric vehicles. This year, the […]

Back in his very first term, Gov.-elect Jerry Brown often used clichés old and new to make his points. University professors who sought pay raises didn’t need them as much as some other people because […]

I doubt that anybody is planting their blinking reindeer out in the front yard timed to when I write my annual column about sensible holiday gifts, but here it is anyway. If anything I’m a […]

Dear President Obama, I have a suggestion: why don’t you close down 50 US Military bases on foreign soil over the next five years – assuming you’re re-elected in 2012. Said reduction of 50 bases […]

A few weeks ago I found myself on a phone call that had taken a sudden serious turn. A friend was struggling with having recently been cited for DUI, and I was sharing various adventures […]

Suddenly, there may be a solid link between two of the greatest American political debates of the past decade – illegal immigration and climate change. Until now, the only connections between these two hyper-contentious policy […]

I wish I could time travel, sit with Arcadia Bandin on the porch of her home on Ocean Avenue, and talk about her life. I would tell her that her gifts to the city have […]

I know who you talked to on your cell phone last week. I know which websites you’ve visited on your computer. I know that you purchased health care items at your drug store two days […]

You’ve been hearing for years that e-mail, commercial carriers like FedEx, and the lingering recession are cutting into any potential gains for the U.S. Postal Service. But now the numbers seem dramatically more ominous. The […]