Today, the City of Santa Monica joined other cities and Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) programs across the state, in submitting a protest letter to the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to preserve its authority to […]
By Tom Elias California will be exploring new ground as the impending election year builds to its climax in early November. For the first time ever, big donors to ballot proposition campaigns will not be […]
If you’ve not already stocked up on your firewood, prepare to brace yourself as the odds are, the weather is only going to get worse as we head towards the end of the year. But […]
The California Consortium of Song is presenting an eclectic evening of ‘pin-drop’ acoustic perfection, with no intermission, under the stars and chandeliers of Santa Monica Playhouse this Friday, December 8, 2017. The playhouse main room […]
As California’s housing supply has stagnated while demand has risen for years, legislators in Sacramento passed fifteen bills — signed by Gov. Brown in October — designed to fund and facilitate the development of housing […]
Air quality in Santa Monica is poor today according to the South Coast Air Quality Management District due to the Creek Fire. Residents and those visiting Santa Monica are advised to reduce outdoor and physical […]
Today is a special day for PaintCare, a nonprofit paint stewardship program developed by the coatings industry, as it celebrates its fifth year in California, more than 800 drop-off sites, and nearly 12 million gallons […]
By Tom Elias President Trump might want to play ostrich about climate change and place his head in the sand near his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida whenever the subject comes up, much the same pose […]
By Tom Elias Back in 2002, when California set its first statewide renewable energy goals, the petroleum industry and others said it would be impossible for 20 percent of all electricity to come from solar, […]
Over two years ago, in March 2015, the Erotic Service Providers Legal, Education and Research Project (ESPLERP) filed a complaint in US District Court claiming that California’s outdated anti-prostitution statute known as California Penal Code […]