Sonic Insanity On Martino Road?
Dear Editor;Can you suggest how Martino Road residents can save their sanity while sheltering in place in Lafayette? Day after day on Martino Road there are tree trimming crews with non-stop chain saws and horribly loud log grinders starting work at 8:00 AM and working throughout the day. The noise is intolerable and reverberates throughout…
Readers Sound Off About Life In The “New Normal”
Please join us in thinking about and supporting the many small businesses crushed under the restrictions imposed by this virus. As we read about the latest closures and restrictions we cannot help but think that many of the businesses we counted on in the past may not be with us when and if we come…
“This Little Piggy…”
Of our stories this week, few generated as much offline reader response as Lafayette’s effort to control its feral pig population: Editor: Re: Lafayette’s Pig Problem – Step 1, Place bounty on said pigs. Step 2, Open season on said porkers to local hunters. Step 3, Offer byproducts of hunting effort to the hungry, any…
A Local’s Guide For Surviving The Coming Blackouts
Things to do: Run the laundry and dishwasher. You’ll at least want clean underwear, socks and t shirts. Do a quick vacuum – you don’t want to look at it for 3-4 days and think “What a mess!” Make a pass thru the fridge and toss things that already look questionable; better to throw out…
Our Readers Sound Off
San Ramon Suicide Dear Editor; I would like to express my appreciation for your deft handling of the very tragic incident in my city Sept. 4. Your alerts were not only informative but they were riveting as I and others happened to be in the area affected at the time and your frequent updates dictated…
Hands Off Venezuela
Options for a military intervention in Venezuela may not yet be “fleshed out in detail” but those of us of a certain age who remember other bloody and ultimately costly interventions may recognize some of the telltale signs of an administration ready to flex it’s military muscle – and possibly spend some additional American lives…
A Reader Writes About Local Drivers – And Wonders What Things Are Like At Home
Editor: What is it with the aggressive people out and about these days, oh Great Guru of Traffic and Human Behavior? I am astonished at how hard people push it in pretty expensive vehicles just to get one or two cars ahead at a stoplight, stomp on it going on a freeway ramp to merge…
Homeless – And Not Helpless: Readers Write About The 24/680’s Transient Population
Editor: We write because of your apparent interest in and past stories on our local homeless population here in the East Bay. You have chronicled some of the more egregious instances of abuse by the resident homeless against our neighbors here in Walnut Creek and elsewhere in our region, and we agree that the problem…
A Reader Keeps Her Letter To Us Short And VERY Sweet!
Thank you for all that you! Keep up the good work! Violette Sofaer Ed: Very nice of you to take a moment to write us, Violette. Thank YOU for reading!
Best Honking Ever!
Today’s rally in Walnut Creek, protesting the many crimes and impeachable offenses of The Orange One and his enablers, was so encouraging for everyone who loves democracy. Great signs, boundless camaraderie, and best of all, audible support from more drivers than I’ve ever heard before. As angel Clarence would say, “Every time a car honks,…