Editorials

A Pandemic Report — POLA Leadership versus Residents Exposed to Pollution

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, port leaders and community residents have been living in two parallel universes, described in a document…

4 years ago

Random Letters: 3-3-22

Is This in Reference to the U.S. or Ukraine? As my father once said, “This used to be a helluva…

4 years ago

Democracy at Home

So you want to be the mayor, but will you fight for democracy? One of the many questions that went…

4 years ago

Seven Years Later— A Progress Report: Eliminating The MHF Refinery Threat

The seventh anniversary of the explosion at the Torrance Refinery was marked by a burst of activity aimed at finally…

4 years ago

Congress Members, Supervisors Urge End To Hydrofluoric Acid In Refineries

Four local congress members have sent a letter to EPA administrator Michael Regan in support of the Torrance Refinery Action…

4 years ago

My Recycled Life — My Father’s JFK “Proof”

Regarding the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas in 1963, my father Dale Jensen had his “theory” and…

4 years ago

Random Letters: 2-17-22

Re: Profiteering Foreign Shipping Companies Versus U.S. Workers Frank Ponce De Leon’s editorial on profiteering by the foreign shipping companies…

4 years ago

Justice Breyer to Retire

By Jacob Pickering After 27 years of praiseworthy public service on the U.S. Supreme Court, Justice Stephen Breyer has announced…

4 years ago

Wrong Way Joe

Buscaino calls for outlawing sidewalk bike repairs and other ill-conceived notions Once again LA City Councilman Joe Buscaino wants another…

4 years ago

California’s Recall Wars: Legislative Sanity, Donor Madness and Avoiding Unintended Consequences

California’s recall wars appear to have entered a new phase, marked by the failure of the last outstanding LA City…

4 years ago