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Prospects Improve For Condoms-In-Porn Initiative:

February 1, 2015

February 1, 2015

For years, the loudest arguments against expanding a landmark Los Angeles law requiring condom use by adult film actors in...

Governor Jerry Brown Could – But Won’t – Dominate Race To Replace Boxer In Senate:

January 31, 2015

January 31, 2015

If the current large corps of potential candidates for retiring U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer’s job look to some like a...

Clothing Honor Wears Thin In Santa Monica:

January 31, 2015

January 31, 2015

We can all relax now, because the results are in: Santa Monica is the best-dressed “suburb” in America. Whew! Yes,...

Letter To The Editor: PETA – Marcy Winograd A Hero For Exposing Animal Exploitation:

January 31, 2015

January 31, 2015

Editor’s Note: This Letter to the Editor is in response to Santa Monica resident Marcy Winograd’s efforts to end pony...

Criminal Investigation For California Utility Regulators?:

January 25, 2015

January 25, 2015

Memo to United States Attorneys in Los Angeles, San Francisco and San Diego: It’s high time you investigate the former...

AOPA Objects To Santa Monica’s Claim Over Airport In Federal Appeals Case:

January 24, 2015

January 24, 2015

Editor’s Note: This is a Letter to the Editor from the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, which is as an...

California Red Light Camera Plague Abating A Bit:

January 18, 2015

January 18, 2015

For many California drivers, there have been few worse plagues than the red light cameras that once operated in more...

What Say You? Charlie Hebdo Tribute Posters Pop Up On Westside:

January 18, 2015

January 18, 2015

Charlie Hebdo, the French satirical magazine, published the issue dubbed as “The Survivors’ Issue” on Jan. 14. The cover is...

Tail Wags Dog Again In Presidential Race:

January 17, 2015

January 17, 2015

Almost exactly one year from today – Jan. 26, 2016 – voters in New Hampshire will don parkas and trek...

Foie Gras,With A Side Order Of Guilt:

January 17, 2015

January 17, 2015

Full Disclosure: At some point I may have eaten some foie gras; fattened goose liver thought by folks who like...