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Letter To The Editor: Kudos To The Santa Monica Malibu Education Foundation:

June 13, 2015

June 13, 2015

Dear Editor, As a long-time supporter of our local public schools, I have followed with great interest the recent successes...

Nurse Practitioners: A Boon For Underserved Areas:

June 7, 2015

June 7, 2015

Let nurse practitioners in California have almost all the authority that doctors now possess, urges the state Senate via a...

Gasoline Price Gouging Evidence Grows:

June 6, 2015

June 6, 2015

Just about two years ago, when gasoline prices in most of California last moved well above the $4-per-gallon level, crude...

Authenticity In The 21st Century:

June 6, 2015

June 6, 2015

A book originally published in 1983 called “Quintessence: The Quality of Having It” was filled with objects, foods, places… in...

Letter To The Editor: How About No To Traffic?:

June 1, 2015

June 1, 2015

Dear Editor, The debate about development is still raging. How high? How much parking? How much density? All of these...

Beam Us Up, Scotty; California Drought Spurring Ideas:

May 31, 2015

May 31, 2015

Ideas come fast every time California endures a drought of several years. Each time, some of them are accepted and...

Stadium Projects A Test For CEQA Changes:

May 30, 2015

May 30, 2015

Reform of the California Environmental QualityAct has become a mantra for many California politicians over the last several years, all...

Diana Gordon: Santa Monica Artist, Lawyer & Activist:

May 30, 2015

May 30, 2015

“You have to do the work even when it’s not going well,” were Diana Gordon’s words when talking about making...

Pension-Change Measure Inevitable Next Year:

May 24, 2015

May 24, 2015

It was inevitable once the number of signatures needed to put a constitutional amendment initiative on the statewide ballot dropped...

Vaccinations & Governor Jerry Brown: What Will He Do?:

May 23, 2015

May 23, 2015

Now that the state Senate has generally ignored the loud, repeated and unscientific outcries of anti-vaccination crusaders, it’s likely the...