It's time for Valley Plaza to become an asset instead of an eyesore
November 6, 2025 7:30 a.m. Pacific Time to the editor: I have lived in North Hollywood for 47 years and…
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Contributor: Don't forget seniors as SNAP benefits are cut
Over the weekend, the federal government temporarily cut off funding for its Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, leaving more…
Letters to the editor: Releasing animals that cannot survive in the wild helps no one
November 5, 2025 9:03 a.m. Pacific Time to the editor: If Zoe Rosenberg were to achieve her mission to free…
Letters to the editor: No, Zohran Mamdani's platform is not a fantasy of “far-left utopianism”
November 4, 2025 8 a.m. Pacific Time to the editor: Writer Josh Hammer warns of the “serious consequences” if Zohran…
Column: Can socialism ever be more than a fad in America?
Here we go again. Socialism is coming back, according to a friend and enemy similar. a new NBC survey now…
Ground Zero regulations are too simplistic to solve a complex problem
November 4, 2025 5 a.m. Pacific Time to the editor: The reason fire zone regulations are overdue is that they…
Contributor: The sinister message behind Trump telling pregnant women to “hang in there”
The 19th-century “doctrine of maternal impression” held that a woman's thoughts and experiences could physically mark her child. Someone who…
An old nickname could help identify Santa Monica's current problems
November 3, 2025 7 a.m. Pacific Time to the editor: Maybe we should resort to that old nickname “The People's…
Letters to the editor: LADWP's hydrogen proposal is a costly bet on 'risky, unproven technology'
October 31, 2025 6 a.m. Pacific Time to the editor: The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power's Scattergood hydrogen…
The Clinton years can teach us about federal debt management
November 2, 2025 7 a.m. Pacific Time to the editor: In her op-ed, writer Véronique de Rugy chastises the United…