Federal immigration agents could be accessing vehicle registrations and driver's license data, despite state laws intended to protect residents' privacy.
'Recovering dead and dying trees after wildfire can help clear the way for reforestation. Left standing, dead trees eventually decay and release their stored carbon,' writes an L.A. Times reader.
'Forcing people to get rid of their gas stoves, among other things, is not helping. Spend money on adaptation -- and please stop telling me to buy a Tesla,' writes an L.A. Times reader.
'The millions of dollars used to process capital crimes are wasted tax money that could be used to solve cold-case murders like my brother's,' writes an L.A. Times reader.
The deaths of a Black teenager and a Black infant in the South remind us that "the children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe."
'Karyann Parkinson (Virginia, 2026) allowed her 5-year-old son to walk a half-mile alone in their gated community to collect goose feathers. ... The mother was convicted of contributing to the delinquency of a minor,' writes an L.A. Times reader ...