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'A major airline flight path seems to enter the west valley over the hills about halfway between the 101 and 118 freeways, and it creates extreme noise almost continuously,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

Gavin Newsom, like Kamala Harris, has been in the wings for years as part of the next generation of Democratic national leaders -- and, like Harris, he was ready for the spotlight when Biden decided to stick around instead.

The right-wing evangelical and political activist believed that gun rights were God-given and that his devout example represented the best future for the United States.

President Trump views Jair Bolsonaro as an ally who, like him, has been persecuted by leftists and subjected to retribution by courts.

The LAPD may not be as 'trigger-happy' as some police commissioners, politicians and activists suggest.

'I can only imagine how much FireAid was required to pay for the audits -- money that could have gone to needy recipients,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

'The Democratic Party is at a generational crossroads. To ignore what the next generation of Democrats can offer to this state and country will be dangerous,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

'If the objective was to silence the man and put an end to his crusade, then all I can say is that, in all likelihood, the exact opposite is going to happen,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

The ability to defeat the president in voters' minds is the only metric of political viability, despite the fact that Trump is already a lame duck.

A violent death like this diminishes us all, at a time when our elections and our 1st Amendment freedoms are already stressed as never before.