January 16, 2026
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Intimacy: the High of all Highs

By Guy Camilleri The need to connect intimately to another human being is essential to being human. And the use of an authentic expression (body language and words) to define this experience is a fun […]

“Death Wish” A Small Slice of Action

By Whitney Scott Bain If you’ve seen the trailer, you’ve seen the movie. It’s Die Hard 6. Originally, this project was to star Sylvester Stallone, but he dropped out due to creative differences and the […]

SMa.r.t.-Big Versus Small

By Mario Fonda-Bonardi The story of the small taking down the big is an old one we are all familiar with: think David and Goliath. The modern version might by the low-paid, long-hour worker of […]

Latest Los Angeles County gas news.

Gas Tax Boost Key to Trump Infrastructure Cash

By Tom Elias Strong ironies are playing out today as California’s 14 Republican members of Congress support President Trump’s announced $1.5 trillion infrastructure plan at the same time they all back a planned ballot initiative […]

Zoning Nullification: The End of Local Control?

By Tom Elias Gov. Jerry Brown, a former mayor of Oakland who often griped about state government’s interference with local issues, ran in 2010 on a platform of stronger local control. He’s delivered on that […]

If Undisciplined, GOP Won’t Make Fall Ballot

By Tom Elias It’s well established that the California Republican Party has been almost without influence in the state’s public affairs for years, but at least until now it has always placed someone on the […]

Gender Gap the Key to Congress

 By Tom Elias The most dramatic news in the year’s first big round of political polling, out a few days ago, was that Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, once the prohibitive leader in the run for […]