Letters to the Editor

Health care is a right, not a privilege. President Joe Biden has advocated this since day one of his presidency. By advocating this right to Medicare recipients, Biden has signed

What happened to the prescribed burns we used to have in and around Santa Clarita? I remember a prescribed burn near my house years ago. I did a quick search

With catastrophic wildfires tearing through Los Angeles County, Denise Lite and her Santa Clarita Republican allies are pushing for a leadership change in California. But when the Canyon Country lithium

I appreciate Arthur Saginian’s kind words regarding my letter of Dec. 4, but feel I should clarify his misinterpretation (Jan. 9) that I am suggesting “let’s just move on” or

It is enormously disappointing to have Republicans locally, and far and wide, disgrace themselves by politicizing a megadisaster. That is low-class. Their idea of community is so puny and weak:

Reply to “The Cost of Trump’s Tariffs,” letters, Jan. 4:  Lois Eisenberg wrote a letter saying how Donald Trump’s use of tariffs would be a bad thing for our economy.

When fire (or earthquake) strikes an area and people are told to evacuate, if there is time, everyone should turn off their water at the main valve outside their house.

Don Allen (letters, Nov. 22) states that he is in a state of disbelief that … uh … well now, come to think of it, I’m not entirely certain what

Today’s world is filled with negative energies permeating our minds, bodies and souls. News media feeds us with worldly events of terror: wars, manslaughter, murders, and a host of current

Is anyone surprised to learn that this state — which took 38 days to count votes in the November 2024 presidential election — isn’t at all prepared for wildfires and

I’m assuming that when John “J.R.” Hills wrote his letter (Dec. 18) about letters regarding presidential pardons, he was referring to the one that was submitted by Denise Lite (Dec.

After watching the destruction of Southern California by wildfire, I have heard Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, Gov. Gavin Newsom and others fault: 1. Someone/something else. 2. Climate change. 3.

The city of Los Angeles cut its fire budget by over $17 million this year. Who can we blame for this shortsightedness? The state of California has not added one

In re: Lois Eisenberg, “The Cost of Trump’s Tariffs,” letters, Jan. 4. Two of the many things that Ms. Eisenberg never fails to ignore in her non-stop diatribes against former

I read the letter submitted by Jack Crawford this morning (Dec. 4, “A Moderate’s Perspective”). It was honest and nicely written. But there was something about Mr. Crawford’s closing sentence

I am in receipt of a letter from the city of Santa Clarita regarding the Santa Clarita False Alarm Reduction Program, stating that the response to the first two false

Philip Wasserman’s “Republican Path to Success in California” (letters, Jan. 5) is like “The Emperor’s New Clothes.” He says future California GOP candidates “must offer innovative, 21st century solutions to

Those who decried Donald Trump’s 2020 election challenges (after winning 232 electoral votes) were the same people who lauded Hillary Clinton’s 2016 (and beyond) “Russia did it!” election challenges (after

On Jan. 1 (letters to the editor), Scott Murtishaw, executive director of the California Energy Storage Alliance, delivered a masterclass in corporate doublespeak — a polished performance that only a

Re: Both letters to the editor, Dec. 20, from Christopher Lucero and Ron Perry.  First C.L., obvious, your self-satisfied attitude about (R) political efforts. California has been run so badly