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Hot Flash: Morning Habits I Need to Break

February 19, 2018

February 19, 2018

By Barbara Bishop Does this scenario sound familiar to you? My alarm rings. I’m still half asleep when I hit...

Feinstein More Political, Firming Up Her Left

February 12, 2018

February 12, 2018

By Tom Elias             U.S. Sen. Charles Grassley of Iowa, long a personal friend and...

Will CA Produce Possible President?

February 5, 2018

February 5, 2018

By Tom Elias   From the time this year’s California political campaigns began taking shape last fall, they’ve had the...

GOP Retirements Also Complicate Life For Democrats

January 22, 2018

January 22, 2018

By Tom Elias   Democrats were gloating in mid-January, almost assuming victories in two once-solidly Republican California congressional districts and...

Californians for President

January 21, 2018

January 21, 2018

More stories are starting to appear in the media that Mayor Eric Garcetti might run for president. I think that...

Climate Change Behind Coming Fire Insurance Crisis

January 15, 2018

January 15, 2018

By Tom Elias  Climate change, if you ask most state experts, has already created a wildfire crisis in California. In...

Will Selfish Propositions Crowd This Year’s Ballot?

January 8, 2018

January 8, 2018

By Tom Elias   If supporters of several proposed initiatives now in the process of gathering signatures get their way,...

Delaine Eastin: Sleeper Candidate Could Emerge

January 1, 2018

January 1, 2018

By Tom Elias This article is one in an ongoing series of interviews with candidates for governor of California. Delaine...

State’s GOP Congress Members Put Selves At Risk

December 26, 2017

December 26, 2017

By Tom Elias             If there’s one thing members of Congress are elected to do,...

Will Top Two ‘Jungle Primary’ Aid Feinstein?

December 11, 2017

December 11, 2017

By Tom Elias   Strong irony is in the air as California heads into the hot political year of 2018,...