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The people who write back to the news

The Letters to the Editor section would be nothing without the dutiful readers who peruse the Los Angeles Times daily and share their thoughts with us.

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The man charged with assaulting her walked free. She worked to put him behind bars

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She set up a therapy booth for ‘Trump-induced anxiety.’ It’s been busy

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Letters to the Editor: He bought his Tesla 12 years before Elon Musk ‘went crazy’

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Feeling betrayed, this Ukrainian in L.A. plans to return to her homeland -- and war zone

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Letters to the Editor: Dear Los Angeles, we love you. Signed, the world
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Letters to the Editor: She may leave the country. He doesn’t understand why. Welcome to the 2024 election.
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Letters to the Editor: He lives in the Palos Verdes landslide. This is why he’s not going anywhere
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MacArthur Park crime forced his restaurant’s closure in 1990. He hopes Langer’s survives
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They’ve flown all over the world. LAX is ‘the worst airport to fly into’
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I was at Kent State in 1970 when my friend was killed. Why are we still using force against college protests?
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Anti-gay attitudes drove him to addiction. He says that’s why we need LGBTQ+ education
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This retired Huntington Beach librarian says any talk of safeguarding kids is really just a pretext for banning books
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He wrote a letter on homelessness. Mayor Bass called him to talk about it
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She was raped and forced to wait eight years to testify. Her day in court just arrived
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A GenZer from Imperial Valley refuses to let the Supreme Court take away his future
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Video: L.A. animal advocates are appalled at the state of the city’s shelters

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Tip jars are everywhere. She’s had enough of gratuity guilt
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It took him two years to get his homeless friend into housing. Mayor Karen Bass, he’d like a word.
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His beloved died of HIV. His beloved’s pine tree died of climate change
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They kept their abortions a secret for decades. Now, they’re ready to fight
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Before Roe vs. Wade, this doctor worked at an ‘infected abortions’ ward in L.A. This is what he saw
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‘We’re looking to fix some stuff.’ The class of 2022 on what lies ahead
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What’s happening to veterinarians? Burnout, suicide and crisis within the profession
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She’s a Ukrainian in L.A. Her family is in a bomb shelter. There’s little she can do but wait for their calls
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Teaching Black history is teaching the truth. Moves to censor educators worry him
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A woman reveals a source of shame for more than 60 years — her SAT score
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Teach young people the Holocaust was real. Otherwise, it’s almost “like a fairytale”
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This World War II refugee says stop comparing the U.S. to Nazi Germany

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Americans are believing a Big Lie. This “hidden child” of World War II is alarmed
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Torrance’s first Black public school principal was not surprised by police department’s racist text scandal
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“I’m totally powerless:” A mother’s struggle with her son’s mental illness and homelessness
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An illegal abortion killed her classmate. More than 60 years later, this grandmother fears more deaths
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Everyone hates leaf blowers. We have laws banning them. So why are they everywhere?
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I escaped Saigon in 1975. Here’s my message to refugees and Afghanistan veterans
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Port pollution sickens their family. They say that’s a form of violence
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The homeless man who assaulted my pastor needed help. So I wrote a letter to the L.A. Times
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