Letters to the Editor

In 1993, an Altadena lawyer whose home was spared in a wildfire stepped up spearheaded relief efforts for her community. We need more people like her now.

The Southern California Edison CEO’s justification for not cutting power in the transmission lines suspected of sparking the Eaton fire are hard to believe.

Sure, it would be nice for the U.S. to own Greenland -- just as it would be nice for Denmark to own Florida or California, says a reader.

L.A. needs more affordable housing. But after the fires, we must do something about existing units sitting vacant such as the Caltrans homes on the 710 corridor.

Informed Americans already knew much of what was in Jack Smith’s report. So how was Trump able to win reelection?

It’s hard enough to deal with so many relief groups and agencies after you’ve lost your home. A single wildfire czar for L.A. would address that.

A reader who fled the 2018 Woolsey fire in a gas-electric hybrid says that experience was much more stressful than evacuating Malibu in an EV this time.

Constant brush modification and building modifications are crucial before L.A.’s next fire, says a former Laguna Beach city official.

Donald Trump ran a divisive campaign. What’s happening in L.A. right now flies in the face of that, and the president-elect should see it.

At the Rams-Vikings game, praise for the L.A. Fire Department was everywhere. Don’t forget to thank the firefighters from elsewhere in California too.

A reader praises Jack Smith and laments that his pursuit of justice against Trump was hampered by the Supreme Court and a federal judge in Florida.

Up to 30% of California’s firefighters are prisoners. That’s exploitative, and it shows our public safety priorities are misplaced.