Randi Kay | Nation Needs More PPE
April 2, 2020
Every single day the media reports on the shortage of ventilators in the country. It has been reported that action has been taken to both repair the existing federal surplus
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Ted Aquaro | An Arbitrary Closure
April 2, 2020
Editor’s note: The following letter was received before it was announced that gun stores would be allowed to remain open. Sheriff Alex Villanueva has arbitrarily ordered gun shops closed. People
Steve Lunetta | It’s Time to Throw Out the Minimum Wage
April 2, 2020
Yep. I said it. It’s time for us to seriously consider suspending the minimum wage temporarily until our economy can get back on track. The minimum wage was strangling our
Jim de Bree | Dealing with ‘Bad’ COVID Info
April 2, 2020
I have not had much time to write columns recently because I unchecked the retirement box and went back to being a CPA who had quite a hectic tax season. I
Albert Bigelow | Too Much Pork from Pelosi, Schumer
April 1, 2020
Editor’s note: This letter was received before the COVID-19 relief bill was passed and signed. President Trump has received a lot of criticism for the way his administration is handling
Lois Eisenberg | ‘Stop the World, I Want to Get Off’
April 1, 2020
This saying encompasses the way many people would like to stop the madness and get back to normalcy and a slower pace. Someone is trying to tell us something, that
Gary Horton | Hope: It’s More Important Than Ever in America
April 1, 2020
We’re in Groundhog Day – going on day 16 or 18 or was it 20? Days are blurred now in a Twilight Zone milieu of waiting, waiting, flipping the laptop
Gil Mertz | The Unsung Heroes of COVID-19
April 1, 2020
In the spirit of unity, I chose to use the medical term for our current pandemic. If I understand this week’s flavor of political correctness, it’s still open season on
Kay Vestal | Shameful Acts by Democrat Leaders
March 31, 2020
Editor’s note: The following letter was submitted before the COVID-19 relief bill was signed. The relief bill will go through with some of the requests that have been made by
Yan Ouyang | When You Don’t Need the Test
March 31, 2020
Drive-through COVID-19 tests brings no more comfort than toilet paper. Having been involved in installing COVID-19 tests in many California public health labs, I have been constantly asked, “When can
Maria Gutzeit | It’s Important More than Ever: Listen to Science
March 31, 2020
Aesop’s ant and the grasshopper fable is on my mind as we enter week three of coronavirus shutdown. Why weren’t we as a country more prepared? Why didn’t we have
Tim Whyte | The Vastness of COVID-19 Impact, at Freeway Speed
March 29, 2020
By Tim Whyte Signal Editor I wasn’t nuts about the idea of my wife getting onto a plane just as the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic was ramping up in America. But at
Our View | Pelosi’s Posse Fails in Attempt to Hijack Aid
March 29, 2020
By The Signal Editorial Board There’s a meme circulating, showing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. It says: “Impeached Trump for withholding aid to Ukraine. Withholds aid to the U.S.” Such memes
Paige Weaver | Don’t Increase Pelosi’s Power
March 28, 2020
For several weeks, the president and the Congress have been negotiating a “rescue package” aimed at mitigating some of the economic effects of the COVID-19 outbreak. The package, as advertised
David Hegg | Blessed Subtraction as We Shelter
March 28, 2020
I have a good friend who recently told me how he spent a month without using his phone or any social media. He said that, although the first few days
Kay Vestal | Pelosi Deserves Blame for Delay
March 27, 2020
To those of you who are waiting and need the check from the federal government, Nancy Pelosi is the one who has held your check up due to the fact
John Weaver | Is a Cure Close?
March 27, 2020
In his daily COVID-19 briefing, President Trump has made several references to a promising treatment involving hydroxychloroquine in combination with the antibiotic azithromycin. These two drugs have been in use
Lynn Wright | State Media for the GOP?
March 27, 2020
Despite (Signal Editor) Tim Whyte’s protestations to the contrary, The Signal constantly reminds us that they are indeed the local state media for the Republican Party. The latest example was
Dick Ramirez | Who’s He Talking About?
March 27, 2020
A quote for these times: He don’t know what he don’t know! Dick Ramirez Valencia
Lois Eisenberg | Wearing a Mask
March 27, 2020
Wearing a mask is a symbol for many as a protection tool and the feeling of solidarity. Racism again raises it ugly head for many Asian Americans over concerns about