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A Humane Society, Or Cats: Part Two:

November 7, 2015

November 7, 2015

My most recent column, in which I expressed some level of surprise in the fact that Santa Monica currently does...

California, Get Set For Wild Run For Governor:

November 1, 2015

November 1, 2015

Just over one year from today, Californians will be focused on helping elect the next president and picking their next...

Letter To The Editor: SCE Gouging The Poor To Benefit The Well-Off:

November 1, 2015

November 1, 2015

Dear Editor, SCE is raising the residential electricity rates for the poor to keep the electricity rates the same for...

Exit Exam Demise Cheapens High School Graduation:

October 31, 2015

October 31, 2015

The single easiest bill for California legislators to pass this year probably was Senate Bill 725, giving about 5,000 high...

Letter: Santa Monica Disabilities Commission Celebrates 25th Anniversary Of The Americans:

October 26, 2015

October 26, 2015

Dear Editor: The Santa Monica Disabilities Commission, comprised of eleven Santa Monica residents with and without disabilities, celebrates the 25th...

PUC Reform Vetos Send Wrong Message:

October 25, 2015

October 25, 2015

There’s something crazy when the most powerful agency in California government spends an entire year mired in scandal caused in...

Making It Easier To Seek Death Than Longer Life:

October 24, 2015

October 24, 2015

Gov. Jerry Brown may not have been aware of what he was doing, but a combination of his signatures and...

Santa Monica Says “Hello Kitty”:

October 24, 2015

October 24, 2015

Regardless of the Internet’s ability to exalt something of no real seeming importance to national prominence in a short period...

New California Water Battle Pits Marijuana Versus Fish:

October 18, 2015

October 18, 2015

As the state moves toward taxing marijuana growers for the first time, those same growers also are starting to face...

‘Trump Effect’ On Latinos Already Showing Up:

October 17, 2015

October 17, 2015

Shades of 1994 and the “Pete Wilson effect” that very quickly turned California from a swing state that could go...