The ABCs Of ADUs
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…
Letter: Signs Of Climate Change, Signs Of Progress. Is It Enough?
Editor; Our recent trial run of extended Death Valley temperatures and life in the New Normal presented by climate change should have been eye opening — but was it? As local heat records fell and Europe and Africa both suffered the effects of long term climate change I look around to see how others were…
Letters: It Is Time For Change In Moraga Leadership And Accountability
Editor, Mayor and Town Council Members: I will begin by personally thanking Mr. Steve Woehleke for being professional, courteous and responsive to concerns from members of the community, as expressed to the Town Manager and entire Council. Mr. Mayor and all contributing members of the Moraga Town Council, yes WE DO HAVE SEVERAL PROBLEMS… As…
Letters: “Is It Time To Be Happy, Yet?”
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
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
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
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
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…
Letters: Have We Gotten To The “Very Bad, Very Bad” Part, Yet?
As an interested observer of our national landscape I can’t help but notice that we appear to be separating into armed camps – along the lines of the “bikers” and “tough people” the person in the White House claimed were on his side. Today a 17-year-old carrying an assault rifle in the streets of Kenosha,…
Anti-Maskers And The Looming Financial Crisis
Editor; Please, people – wear a fricking mask. If we could all just control our actions for the next few weeks, stop arguing with store employees and maintain proper distances it would make a huge difference in slowing the spread of this virus. If we could all control our actions for the next four weeks,…