California
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Letters to the Editor
About 83,000 mail-in ballots were not counted in California because of signature match problems. A reader says that makes the case for cursive instruction.
Schools and colleges move to protect undocumented students amid President-elect Donald Trump’s threat of mass deportations.
Opinion
Let’s mark the anniversary of the attempted insurrection by recalling the facts about what happened. And let’s call President-elect Donald Trump’s lying just what it is.
‘Rule No. 1 in the handbook for would-be dictators -- harangue the population until people give up,’ says a reader. We’re seeing that in efforts to ban books.
‘Let nature take back the trails,’ says a trail worker about areas closed around Mt. Baldy. ‘It will make your walk more enjoyable.’
The killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO prompts an examination of the inefficient U.S. healthcare system and comparisons to universal healthcare abroad.
A reader asks: ‘If our elected officials in Congress wilt under these pressures now, where are we going to be one month from now? One year from now?’
Lakers
A day after Charles Barkley ripped Lakers coach JJ Redick for not being able to make the Lakers great, the coach responded with an indifferent ‘don’t care.’
The best way to take a walk: One step at a time.