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PUC Reform Bills Too Little,Too Late:

July 4, 2015

July 4, 2015

It’s the same with the state Public Utilities Commission these days as with almost everything else: by the time state...

Dear Mom & Dad: Could I Please Not Be Sick?:

July 4, 2015

July 4, 2015

At a certain point in the chronology of science fiction films, things turned and “the future” wasn’t always represented as...

Long Wait Looms For GOP Congress Gains In California:

June 28, 2015

June 28, 2015

Few things gall California Republicans more than realizing they hold just 14 of this state’s 53 seats in Congress. That’s...

Lawn Replacement In California: Mixed Bag Of Good, Bad Effects:

June 27, 2015

June 27, 2015

Listen to water officials from Gov. Jerry Brown down to local officials and you’d think replacing lawns with drought-resistant plants...

Santa Monica: Land Of The Giants:

June 22, 2015

June 22, 2015

In general, there’s a human tendency to want to be associated with winners. Last Tuesday I cheered on the Golden...

Vergara Time Bomb Still Hangs Over California Public Schools:

June 21, 2015

June 21, 2015

Like a time bomb, the court decision in Vergara v. California has been mostly dormant since the last election season...

UC Regents: Define Anti-Semitism Or Enable It:

June 20, 2015

June 20, 2015

Top University of California officials including President Janet Napolitano and several campus chancellors publicly deplore the way activists pushing UC...

Housing Now A Huge, Unheralded State Crisis:

June 14, 2015

June 14, 2015

In the Los Angeles area, fewer than one in four households headed by persons in their 20s or early 30s...

Letter To The Editor: SMMUSD Health & Safety DAC Support Wellness Center At Samohi:

June 14, 2015

June 14, 2015

Dear Editor, We, the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District Health and Safety District Advisory Committee, strongly support funding for the...

Bit By Bit, ‘Disclose Act’ Becomes More Real In California:

June 13, 2015

June 13, 2015

If there’s one main reason for the distrust many Californians feel for government and elected officials at all levels, it...