Letters to the Editor https://www.latimes.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor Letters to the Editor en-US Fri, 18 Apr 2025 22:00:55 GMT Don’t mourn the Rim fire — learn from it https://www.latimes.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/story/2025-04-18/dont-mourn-the-rim-fire-learn-from-it One L.A. Times reader argues that the 2013 Rim fire 'didn’t ruin Yosemite. It offered it a lesson.’ Fri, 18 Apr 2025 22:00:55 GMT https://www.latimes.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/story/2025-04-18/dont-mourn-the-rim-fire-learn-from-it Former San Francisco resident sees reasons for hope in city’s future https://www.latimes.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/story/2025-04-18/former-san-francisco-resident-sees-reasons-for-hope-in-citys-future ‘I was relieved to see that San Francisco seems to now be on the right track in presenting itself in a better light,’ a Times reader writes about a recent visit to the city. Fri, 18 Apr 2025 14:00:08 GMT https://www.latimes.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/story/2025-04-18/former-san-francisco-resident-sees-reasons-for-hope-in-citys-future Detection of rare brain disease is a reminder of the importance of research funding https://www.latimes.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/story/2025-04-18/detection-of-rare-brain-disease-is-a-crucial-reminder-of-the-importance-of-neurodegenerative-research ‘It is critical that government funding of research into lethal diseases involving prion-like entities continue to be monitored and not fall prey to the current administration's fund cutting,’ writes an L.A. Times reader. Fri, 18 Apr 2025 12:00:44 GMT https://www.latimes.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/story/2025-04-18/detection-of-rare-brain-disease-is-a-crucial-reminder-of-the-importance-of-neurodegenerative-research Democrats need to stand and fight instead of hiding during Trump administration https://www.latimes.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/story/2025-04-17/democrats-need-to-stand-and-fight-instead-of-hiding-during-trump-administration 'Democrats will ultimately be blamed along with Trump for all this destruction' if they lie low during the current administration, one reader says. Thu, 17 Apr 2025 21:00:25 GMT https://www.latimes.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/story/2025-04-17/democrats-need-to-stand-and-fight-instead-of-hiding-during-trump-administration How the Dodgers could make amends after Jackie Robinson Day 'hypocrisy' https://www.latimes.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/story/2025-04-17/how-the-dodgers-could-make-amends-after-jackie-robinson-day-hypocrisy The Dodgers 'dignify a man without dignity' in White House visit, writes a Times reader. 'I doubt Jackie Robinson would have done that.' Thu, 17 Apr 2025 17:00:25 GMT https://www.latimes.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/story/2025-04-17/how-the-dodgers-could-make-amends-after-jackie-robinson-day-hypocrisy