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Anti-Semitism Issue Again Confronts UC Regents:

August 29, 2015

August 29, 2015

Back in June, the president of the University of California promised on national radio that the UC Board of Regents...

Huge Oil Company Gains A Sign Of Gas Price Gouging:

August 23, 2015

August 23, 2015

The days when oil companies could easily deny they’ve gouged California motorists through much of this year should have ended...

Canoe Theory At Work In Governor Jerry Brown’s CEQA Exemption Deals:

August 22, 2015

August 22, 2015

Gov. Jerry Brown has never professed to be the model of political or ideological consistency. In fact, he’s a decades-long...

Lines Blur Further Between Citizens, Non-Citizens:

August 16, 2015

August 16, 2015

Almost no one seemed to notice last month, when California’s new budget took effect, that yet another distinction between citizens...

Marijuana Harm Ignored In Push For California Legalization:

August 15, 2015

August 15, 2015

Four potential ballot initiatives completely legalizing marijuana are in the works for California’s next general election, with pot advocates yet...

Is Santa Monica News ‘Weird’? Let’s Ask Donald Trump!:

August 15, 2015

August 15, 2015

I don’t honestly believe any one community can corner the market on crazy. It’s true that, as a kid growing...

Condoms-In-Porn A Lock For 2016 Ballot:

August 9, 2015

August 9, 2015

The ballot initiative carnival predicted when it became clear how few valid voter signatures would be needed to qualify measures...

Latino Fears On Loss Of Clout May Be Correct:

August 8, 2015

August 8, 2015

Fear and anxiety have been in the air around California’s Latino political leaders in the weeks since the U.S. Supreme...

Electric Agency Nod A Reward For Going Along With Corruption?:

August 2, 2015

August 2, 2015

California consumers can be excused if they’re beginning to wonder whether Gov. Jerry Brown cares a whit about blatantly corrupt...

Gas ‘Shortage’ Doesn’t Stop Exports From California:

August 1, 2015

August 1, 2015

On June 25, just one week before many California motorists began paying upwards of $4.30 per gallon for gasoline, the...