January 17, 2026
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Hot Flash: Do You Remember?

By Barbara Bishop   Everyone has memory blips from time to time – the word that’s on the very tip of your tongue or the house keys that aren’t where you swear you left them. […]

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Affordable Housing: Needed, But In What Form?

By Tom Elias   Everyone in California is at least peripherally aware of the state’s ever-worsening housing crisis: It’s hard to miss when prices have jumped by as much as 75 percent over the last […]

SMa.r.t.-Hot Enough for you?

By Mario Fonda-Bonardi While surviving the latest heat wave, now’s a good time to consider the big picture of our over-heated planet. We humans live comfortably in a very narrow temperature range and the world’s […]

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Speeding CSU Graduations Must Not Dumb Down Degrees

By Tom Elias The 23-campus California State University system knows it must somehow speed up graduation beyond today’s pace, which sees just 19 percent of entering freshmen graduate within four years. The low rate is at […]

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Letter to the Editor: Living Building Challenge

Dear Editor: I’m writing in response to the recent Opinion piece regarding the City of Santa Monica’s goal to pursue Living Building Challenge (LBC) certification for the planned City Services Building. It might be helpful […]

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Will We Ever Be Still?

By Steve Stajich   `Let’s be straight with each other at the top here: Not everyone can sit still. Sure, children are never expected to attend a birthday party where the main entrée is sugar […]