DAWN GARCIA, Dana Point I agree, Southern California needs to stand independent in obtaining our own water. Given our proximity to the biggest water body…
PETE VAN NUYS, executive director of the Orange County Bicycle Coalition I understand that there is a sudden interest in bicycle education, popularly called “bike…
MICHAEL STRIEGL, Dana Point As a classroom teacher, I was disappointed to read Assemblymember Davies’ remarks about “education issues” in the DP Times. While there…
RICK ERKENEFF, vice-chair of Surfrider Foundation, South Orange County Chapter Public access at the Headlands is arbitrarily being denied—again. During the planning of the Headlands…
MERRY WONG, Dana Point For almost two decades, the Center for Natural Lands Management (CNLM, a 501c3 nonprofit) and the Nature Interpretive Center (NIC) worked…
KATHLEEN FERRY, San Clemente Thank you, San Clemente councilmembers, for recognizing and taking action to prohibit e-bikes on the Beach Trail and beaches. Unfortunately, I…
RUTH A. CLARK, Capistrano Beach We got rid of smallpox, diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough, mumps, measles, polio, influenza, shingles, pneumonia, and some others, because—in my…
JERRY DELOSHON, Dana Point As a longtime critic of the Dana Point City Council’s ineffective response to managing short-term rentals in our community, I commend…
ALBA FARFAGLIA, San Clemente Thank you, Mr. Greg Young, for writing “In Defense of Public Schools.” I taught in public high school and community colleges…