January 16, 2026
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Letter to the Editor: Save our Sycamore Tree

Dear Editor, Just a final reminder that the fight to save and LANDMARK a native California Sycamore tree at 1122 California Avenue FINALLY happens TONIGHT after months of delays by the city and the landowner. […]

Opinion: Newsom Sees Huge Changes 

  (One in a series of interviews with significant candidates for governor of California). Picture a California where it’s illegal to drive on freeways, now populated instead by layer upon layer of robotic drones. A […]

SM.a.r.t Opinion: Our Data, Our Privacy Part 3

    In recent articles we stated that the City of Santa Monica gathers data about its citizens (and obtains it from other sources too), and suggested ways to protect that information, with oversight from […]

Opinion: Why The Polls Are Wildly Variable This Spring

Modern life may have caught up with political polling. Just as they have shaken up industries and activities from newspapers to taxis, from telephones to shopping, today’s technologies are making old reliable survey research techniques […]

Hot Flash: Pickin’ Up Good Vibrations

I have new favorite vibrator. It’s not what you think! It’s a cool way to help lose weight, become more flexible and heal injuries quicker. It’s called the Power Plate. The Power Plate is a […]

Opinion: ‘Janus’ Could Change CA Politics

    Few California primary elections in non-presidential election years have been so anticipated as the one that starts soon, with millions of mail-in ballots arriving in mailboxes long before the official June 5 Election […]

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Opinion: SMa.r.t. “Who’s Listening!?”

  This article was being written as our City Council was spending a weekend retreat in Virginia Park addressing the City’s five strategic goals using “data driven planning” to solve “mobility,” “inclusiveness and diversity,” re-purposing […]