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Big Utilities’ Nightmare Begins To Play Out In California:

January 11, 2015

January 11, 2015

The biggest nightmare of California’s largest utility companies may be about to begin playing out, thanks to a small irrigation...

Letter To The Editor: Keep Our Santa Monica Beach Bathrooms Clean, Safe:

January 9, 2015

January 9, 2015

Dear Editor, I’d gamble my teacher paycheck that every woman alive has experienced a feeling of dread walking into a...

Analysis: Democrats Line Up To Seek U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer’s Job:

January 8, 2015

January 8, 2015

With U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer’s announcement Thursday that she will retire when her current fourth term ends in early 2017,...

John Chiang Record Unique As Top Democrats Ready To Move Up:

January 4, 2015

January 4, 2015

Weeks, perhaps months, before taking their oaths of office for statewide posts like lieutenant governor, secretary of state, treasurer, attorney...

California PUC Chief Departs, But Bad Decisions Live On:

January 3, 2015

January 3, 2015

After 12 years of favoring big utility companies over individual consumers, Michael Peevey has at last left the California Public...

All Hail Sony’s “The Interview”:

January 3, 2015

January 3, 2015

Full disclosure: I haven’t seen the movie “The Interview” because of some cogent comments a friend with solid produced movie...

Go Slow On New Electronic Voting Efforts:

December 28, 2014

December 28, 2014

The reports came in from all across America during last fall’s election: electronic voting machines were flipping some votes from...

California Voters Succeed, Create De Facto Third Party:

December 27, 2014

December 27, 2014

The two major parties will be arrayed as usual when Gov. Jerry Brown looks out from the podium of the...

The Practice Of Gratitude:

December 24, 2014

December 24, 2014

Gratitude infused the love I felt as I looked around the full Sunday morning brunch table. I’ve been thinking lately...

‘Disclose Act’ Still A Must, Has A Change In 2015:

December 21, 2014

December 21, 2014

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