Letters: The Choice Is Clear

Letters: The Choice Is Clear

Letter To The Editor NEWS24-680
Oct 4, 2022 3

Editor; Candidates should want to be heard by as many people as possible. Candidates should want to take advantage of every opportunity to engage with our community. They should make it easy for you to access their message and understand their platform. In return, they should make it easy for you to share your questions…

Are We Done With COVID-19?

Are We Done With COVID-19?

Letter To The Editor NEWS24-680
Sep 26, 2022 3

Editor; Our president has declared our struggle against COVID to be over. I would like to put that to your readers and see if they feel this is the case. I know this site was personally impacted by the pandemic and I have listened as others related their experience with the virus. Although friends and…

The ABCs Of ADUs

The ABCs Of ADUs

Letter To The Editor NEWS24-680
Sep 22, 2022 3

Editor; I wonder if I could presume upon your readers to help our family with a quandary. We are considering adding an Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) to our property in Brentwood and we would like to know if anyone has gone through this and what they have learned from the process. We’re considering both a…

Letters: “Is It Time To Be Happy, Yet?”

Letters: “Is It Time To Be Happy, Yet?”

Letter To The Editor NEWS24-680
Mar 8, 2021 4

Editor; Finally some good news as Twenty Twenty fades into history: schools reopening, Uncle Sugar sending some of us $1,400 and Jill Biden coming over to vaccinate me personally this afternoon. It almost makes sitting in traffic bearable again. My sister is happy because the schools are opening and the kids are heading back to…

Letters: Assault On The Capitol

Letters: Assault On The Capitol

Letter To The Editor NEWS24-680
Jan 8, 2021 26

Editor; President Trump incited insurrection and should be immediately impeached, convicted, removed from the oval and forever barred from public office. I hope the Republican members of Congress who have enabled his antidemocratic behavior for four long, critical years realize just how much damage they have done to this country.  David Craswell, Walnut Creek Editor; This was a…

Letters: Wearing A Mask Is Smart

Letters: Wearing A Mask Is Smart

Letter To The Editor NEWS24-680
Dec 30, 2020 5

Editor; Having just returned from shopping at the local mall and unhappy with members of our human race who think they know more than anyone else I thought I would write to vent. I understand the position that we don’t want to let panic and fear rule our lives, but I am unable to comprehend…

LETTERS: Our Sheltered Lives

LETTERS: Our Sheltered Lives

Letter To The Editor NEWS24-680
Dec 8, 2020 26

To the Editor; Our most recent period of isolation has given me time to reflect on just how much our lives have changed this year — and are likely to change in the months ahead. Losing so many people and so much of our way of life has been like watching a car crash in…

Denying The Deniers

Denying The Deniers

Letter To The Editor NEWS24-680
Sep 12, 2020 12

Editor: Those of us who make the West Coast our home have come to believe that the very earth is on fire. Millions of acres of burning forestland has thrown up a choking cloud that has now reached Europe. Visible from space, it resembles the plume given off by a world-darkening super volcano. The body…