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When A Fine Is Only Half A Fine For Pacific Gas & Electric Co.’s $1.6 Billion Tab:

May 2, 2015

May 2, 2015

Only minutes after an announcement that the California Public Utilities Commission would fine the state’s largest utility company $1.6 billion...

Old Ideas Are Nude Again When It Comes To Women Bathing Topless On Beaches:

May 2, 2015

May 2, 2015

Sorry to race right to the finale, but … there will not be any nude or “topless” sun bathing on...

An Open Letter To The Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District Board Of Education:

April 29, 2015

April 29, 2015

Dear Editor, As members of the Malibu community, we are greatly troubled by the manner in which district officials have...

Can Automatic Registration Increase Voter Turnout?:

April 26, 2015

April 26, 2015

No sooner had Oregon’s Democratic Gov. Kate Brown signed a new law automatically making a registered voter of every person...

Broad New Vaccination Law Is A Must:

April 26, 2015

April 26, 2015

Rarely has a new law been so urgently and obviously needed as the broad children’s vaccination requirement now being carried...

Letter: Dispensary Location Appropriateness Vs. Patients’ Reasonable Safe Access:

April 26, 2015

April 26, 2015

Dear Editor, Santa Monicans for Safe Access (SAMOSA) should like to comment on your article Santa Monica Zoning Ordinance Update...

The “Big Three” Santa Monica Construction Projects:

April 25, 2015

April 25, 2015

The California Incline closed to traffic on Monday, April 20. I made the circuit of the “Big Three,” the three...

California Business Climate: Market Says It’s Pretty Good:

April 19, 2015

April 19, 2015

The drumbeat from Republican politicians, governors of states like Texas and Florida and from independent relocation consultants seems constant: California’s...

Both Logic & Illogic In Governor Jerry Brown’s Drought Plans:

April 18, 2015

April 18, 2015

There is both sense and nonsense in the $1 billion drought relief package announced by Gov. Jerry Brown in a...

Letter To The Editor: Why I Support Santa Monica Forward:

April 15, 2015

April 15, 2015

Dear Editor, I am very happy to be a part of a community in which not only does the city...