This Veterans Day held a special significance for me. It’s my first one without my dad — a Vietnam veteran who served our country with courage and who, like too
I am a veteran. Not a combat veteran – but still someone who raised his hand and promised to be ready when his nation called upon him. Wars are started
I’ve been going to Eternal Valley Memorial Park every week and am pleased the irrigation problems have been fixed. In September the new landscape company either repaired or replaced the
Last week, I pulled my 24-year-old SUV into a Sacramento gas station for its weekly — more or less— fill-up. It was 14.5 gallons at $4.05, plus the ever-mysterious 9/10
By David Hegg Have you ever noticed no one has to teach a child to lie? Lies seem to be part of the natural expression of the human heart, and
Arthur Saginian’s letter, “The Ping-Pong Match” (Oct. 7) scolds Maggie Bowman and me for what he calls “volleying” arguments — as if civic dialogue were just a noisy game. The
Like many local residents, my college experience started at College of the Canyons. I was a student-athlete on the softball team, balancing practice, academic expectations and a part-time job. It
In a (Nov. 13) letter, Lois Eisenberg wrote that “health care is a right, not a privilege,” and praised federal programs like the Affordable Care Act as if they created
Having our own courthouse with our own cases and our own juries is a good idea. It’s how it should be. We are the third largest city in L.A. County.
I attended the public meeting on Wednesday, Nov. 12, at the Santa Clarita Activities Center where representatives from the Judicial Council presented plans for an eight-story courthouse proposed on the
History was made in Virginia on Nov. 4, when voters elected the state’s first woman governor. But of the two women candidates, it was Democrat Abigail Spanberger — not Republican
There’s a website that I worship in this twisted, love/hate relationship. It’s the Babylon Bee. I’d add a “dot.com” to it, but management frowns at such shameless and non-hometown promotions.
Ken Burns is arguably the most prolific and greatest documentarian of all time. He has enthralled us with productions like “The Civil War,” “Baseball,” “The National Parks,” “Ben Franklin,” “Vietnam”
Christopher Lucero attempted to draw a metaphor between baseball and politics (letters, Aug. 26), or least that’s what I think he was trying to do. It appeared to be something
So big whoop. The federal government shutdown that never should have happened is over. One cheer for the Senate. It only took 44 days for Democrats to do what everyone
I agree with Mayor Bill Miranda and his concern for the eight-story building to be built in Valencia. I live in Canyon Country and every once in a while I
This letter was written before the House and Senate voted to end the government shutdown. Health care is a right, not a privilege, and should be available to all Americans.
I’m writing to raise a serious concern about the Wiley Canyon housing project and to explain why it’s not just a matter of adding more homes, but about making sure
As I watched the bloodbath in New York last week, all I could think of was the last episode in “Game of Thrones,” when Daenarys sicced her dragons on Kings
Gov. Gavin Newsom still insists he hasn’t decided to run for president in 2028. But after persuading California’s voters to gerrymander the state’s congressional districts to grab more Democratic seats,