Thomas D. Elias

Big challenges for California in a potential new Trump Presidency

November 7, 2024 at 11:30 a.m.

OPINION- California’s high hopes of avoiding a second “War on California” by a federal government headed by Donald Trump appeared late on Election Night to be squelched. After a four-year...

Qatari money and the pro-Palestinian campus takeovers

May 2, 2024 at 10:03 a.m.

OPINION- The current spate of campus takeovers by pro-Palestinian, anti-Israeli and often anti-Semitic protesters turns out to be neither an accident nor, for the most part, spontaneous .

Will urban sprawl again be a big housing answer?

April 4, 2024 at 6:09 a.m.

OPINION- Urban sprawl has been anathema to California housing planners for the last 10 years or so. As they passed law after law eliminating zoning for single-family residences and emphasizing...

Will the California Republican Party become a dinosaur?

February 23, 2019 at 6:10 a.m.

If the party doesn’t make its outlook more contemporary, those ex-Republicans who now find it difficult to mark ballots for Democrats may find the task growing easier with each election...

Solid standards needed for pre-fire power cutoffs

January 5, 2019 at 6:35 a.m.

Hotel, restaurant and farm losses have not yet been totted up, but probably measure in the millions of dollars. Grocery stores lost tons of frozen goods that spoiled. Some areas...

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