Opinion

Instead of killing a tiny 0.07% of the world’s population, what if COVID-19 killed between 1% and 5% of the world’s population?  And instead of an average fatality age of

On Saturday evening (Dec. 18) the Los Angeles County parks employees and volunteers at William S. Hart Park hosted a very special “Barnyard Lights Tour” at Hart Park in Newhall.

I read Thomas Oatway’s letter (Nov. 4) regarding Gary Horton’s solution to the homeless “problem.” It was just another set of impractical (considering the politics of the state of California)

Being inundated with politics and the resistance of getting vaccinated or wearing a mask to help to prevent COVID-19, I would like to switch my thoughts and energy to saving

Remember these vaccine hits? They play best in succession: Donald Trump is behind the vaccine, so it’s bad. Now Joe Biden’s sort of president, so vaccines are good and will

Today I heard that the Army has reached 98% of its members who are fully vaccinated. The Marines are removing 100 who refuse vaccinations. The Air Force is beginning to

What’s wrong with this picture: Republicans do everything they can to block anything that President Joe Biden tries to accomplish and then they have the nerve to say his standing

First to Dan Walters for his article “California Gun Law Headed to Supreme Court,” Dec. 7: I personally have never owned a gun, and never will. However, for California to

Regarding the letter Dec. 10 by Daniel LaForteza:  Daniel said he has had a long association with the homeless community. What he was told as a child and his interaction

Thank you, Gary Horton! Your Dec. 15 op-ed titled, “We Must Reclaim Our Reputation as a Democracy,” was insightful and truthful. Thank you for clearly describing the consequences of accepting

I had just finished reading Gary Curtis’ letter (Nov. 3) on bereavement for abortion and was ready to write a letter of my own in response to it when I

It was late Tuesday afternoon when a concerned citizen called to advise me of an unusual item on the Dec. 14 City Council agenda. Sure enough, there was an action