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Opinion: Endorsement Trumps Big Money, Gets Cox into Runoff

June 6, 2018

June 6, 2018

Things began looking desperate in early May for Antonio Villaraigosa’s campaign to become the next governor of California, as one...

Letter to the Editor: Tree Protection Ordinance

June 4, 2018

June 4, 2018

Open Letter: Tree Protection Ordinance Needed for Private Property in Santa Monica  Thank’s much to all you tree loving people...

Opinion: Santa Monica – So Much More Than Sand!

June 1, 2018

June 1, 2018

Santa Monica’s sand and cooler air and our front-porch view of the Pacific Ocean are the prime reasons for our...

Opinion: Solar Mandate, Under Attack, Actually Good For Consumers

May 31, 2018

May 31, 2018

Ever since the California Energy Commission adopted a new solar panel requirement for new homes sold in 2020 and beyond,...

Hot Flash: Pre-Diabetes – A Life Sentence?  

May 30, 2018

May 30, 2018

  Last week I went to my doctor for a routine check-up. After a thorough check-up, including stress tests, an...

Letter to the Editor: Memorial Day

May 29, 2018

May 29, 2018

On Monday, we celebrate[d] Memorial Day, formerly known as Decoration Day. To my mind, this is not a day of...

Opinion: Major Election System Changes

May 29, 2018

May 29, 2018

 If you’re voting June 5 in a neighborhood garage or the clubhouse of a park or a school auditorium, you...

Art + Walk + Wellness = Olympic Art Trail

May 25, 2018

May 25, 2018

Thousands of cars inch along Santa Monica’s Olympic Blvd each day. Lanes separated by a center median that was, at...

Hot Flash! My Last Official Birthday

May 23, 2018

May 23, 2018

In two weeks, I’m going to have my last official birthday. I will be 59. Shhh, don’t tell. I certainly...

Opinion: Another Silly, Hopeless Plan to Split California

May 23, 2018

May 23, 2018

          It’s silly season again in California. For the seventh time in the last 30 years or so, activists are suggesting...