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Letters to the Editor: Jackie Lacey: How L.A. County has curtailed crime and coronavirus in jails

The Los Angeles County district attorney says work was already underway on reducing L.A.'s jail population before a zero-bail order was issued.




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Letters to the Editor: It's finally time to demand Trump's resignation over coronavirus

It's too dangerous to have Trump remain president for another eight months during a pandemic. Let Mike Pence take over.




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Letters to the Editor: Add teachers to the list of coronavirus outbreak heroes

An Inglewood teacher distributes food to families before doing hours of instruction work online. She deserves praise and help.




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Letters to the Editor: Make working from home permanent to keep traffic at pandemic levels

Not everything has to go back to normal after the pandemic, including L.A. traffic. More businesses need to make working from home permanent.




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Letters to the Editor: Rich people riding out the pandemic in country homes put locals at risk

A resident of Sedona, Ariz., did not appreciate an L.A. Times story on wealthy out-of-towners fleeing to their second homes.




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Letters to the Editor: Contact-tracing apps on our phones sound frighteningly Orwellian

Tech companies make money from our information. Why would their development of COVID tracking apps be any different?




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Letters to the Editor: Packed flights, unmasked TSA agents: How is this still allowed?

If there are still crowded flights and TSA agents are not required to wear masks, how will we ever be able to return to normal?




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Letters to the Editor: She had a ruptured appendix, but fear of COVID-19 scared her from the ER

A patient who had server abdominal pain has a warning: If you think you need to do so, go to the ER, even with a pandemic raging.




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Letters to the Editor: Coronavirus might cause us to eat less meat? Good

The COVID-19 pandemic is a full-blown disaster, but if shortages mean Americans eat less meat as a result, then so be it.




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Letters to the Editor: Rationing COVID-19 treatment to the elderly and disabled is illegal and immoral

The author of the Americans With Disabilities Act warns that coronavirus treatment that takes disability and age into account is immoral and illegal.




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Letters to the Editor: Why you shouldn't shame the shopper wearing gloves and an N95 mask

Someone wearing gloves and an N95 mask likely had a stockpile at home before the pandemic hit.




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Letters to the Editor: Newsom's right. Crowding beaches in a pandemic is not your birthright as a Californian

Calls to open all beaches because Californians have a right to them are silly and dangerous. Gov. Newsom is making the right call.




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Letters to the Editor: Herd immunity, or culling the herd? Don't mess with COVID-19

We don't know enough about the coronavirus to experiment with deliberately infecting volunteers with COVID-19.




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Letters to the Editor: Sedona wasn't a secret hideaway before the L.A. Times wrote about it

Just like in Sedona, people have been fleeing to Palm Springs to ride out the pandemic. It happens in every small resort town favored by rich people.




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Letters to the Editor: Use plastic bags or catch coronavirus is a false choice

There's no evidence that the use of plastic bags prevents exposure to the coronavirus, so why use them instead of reusable bags?




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Letters to the Editor: Urban sprawl is bad for your health, with or without the coronavirus

Coronavirus: Los Angeles is doing better than New York, but much worse than San Francisco. Our experience with COVID-19 is not an argument for sprawl.




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Letters to the Editor: Yes, Democrats will brush off the Joe Biden assault allegation

Republicans didn't seem to care that Trump had multiple credible allegations against him; why should one accusation against Biden derail his candidacy?




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Letters to the Editor: Don't expect debt-loaded students to save the world from climate change

A professor's suggestion for college student to take time off and turn out the vote is nice, but why not help them with the loan debt first?




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Letters to the Editor: A 'right to literacy' in schools is meaningless unless children read at home

"right to literacy": children learn to read mostly at home




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Letters to the Editor: The Democratic Party's #MeToo hypocrisy on Joe Biden is stunning

Democrats who expect all voters sick of President Trump to vote for Joe Biden are insulting people who care more about the issues than the party.




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Letters to the Editor: She's 73 and is fine with a younger COVID patient taking a ventilator

It's simply wrong when a much younger person dies. Let younger patients take the ventilator if there's a scarcity -- and let doctors make the decision.




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Letters to the Editor: Start reopening California by rationing access to beaches and trails

Californians feel hopeless, so some are protesting. The solution is to limit access to public spaces without completely closing them.




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Letters to the Editor: Of course elites hate suburban sprawl. Don't listen to them

Professors don't want us living in single-family homes, the only option for average people to own something all their own.




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Letters to the Editor: Coronavirus protesters turn the American flag into a symbol of selfishness

The people waving the American flag at lockdown protests are using it as a symbol of selfishness.




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Letters to the Editor: Lockdowns aren't working if we're laying off healthcare workers

COVID-19 lockdowns are inflicting too much economic pain and misery. We need to do more cost-benefit analyses.




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Letters to the Editor: How L.A. County supervisors' virtual meetings are 'one huge Brown Act violation'

The Brown Act doesn't give officials any excuse they want to shut out the public from their meetings.




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Letters to the Editor: Don't forget the ongoing HIV/AIDS crisis in COVID-19 death comparisons

We're comparing the number of Americans to have died from COVID-19 to war casualties. Why not consider AIDS?




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Letters to the Editor: Trump can't handle a pandemic because he doesn't care about other people

The fact that Trump refuses to wear a mask, a precaution meant to protect other people, is evidence of his lack of empathy.




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Letters to the Editor: Joe Biden's supporters need to explain their treatment of Brett Kavanaugh

You can't explain away your support for Joe Biden despite a sexual assault allegation without talking about Brett Kavanaugh.




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Letters to the Editor: An absurd, insulting comparison of social distancing to Nazi Germany

A second-generation surivivor whose grandparents died in the Holocaust blasts a newspaper publisher for comparing coronavirus restrictions to Nazi Germany.




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Letters to the Editor: Sweden can't explain away the fact that its lax coronavirus approach is killing people

Sweden's death rate is high compared with those of its neighbors, who took much more drastic and appropriate action against the pandemic.




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Letters to the Editor: Protesting is a lot more difficult when you're poor and have everything to lose

An anti-war student in Ohio at the time of the Kent State massacre explains why the protests were led largely by well-off whites.




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Letters to the Editor: Car crashes aren't contagious. Stop comparing coronavirus to them

Why the argument that we should reopen the economy because we don't shut it down over the thousands of car deaths every year is wrong.




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Letters to the Editor: Trump is behaving exactly like the autocratic Chinese leader he opposes

The president brooks no criticism and disregards inconvenient facts, much like the Chinese government he opposes.




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Letters to the Editor: Wealth inequality is on display for all to see during the coronavirus crisis

In one article, wealthy private schools get government aid. In another, desperate citizens beg for funds online.




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Letters to the Editor: Michigan's 2nd Amendment thugs aren't what the framers had in mind

The language of the 2nd Amendment suggests that the Constitution's framers did not want to empower rifle-wielding protesters to invade statehouses.




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Thelma Schoonmaker on editing 'Irishman' and her long partnership with Martin Scorsese

Thelma Schoonmaker began working with Martin Scorsese in 1967. Over the years, she says, it has become more of a collaboration.




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Oscar-nominated live-action shorts: Tragedies, near-tragedies and soccer-loving kids

The five Oscar-nominated live-action shorts of 2020: 'Brotherhood,' 'Saria,' 'Nefta Football Club,' 'My Neighbors' Window,' 'A Sister.'




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'1917' dominates our 2020 Oscar predictions, but 'Parasite' could surprise

Predicting the four acting races for the 2020 Oscars is easy this year, but there's still drama in the best picture race and others




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Media mogul Jules Haimovitz aims for $21.3 million in the 90210

Jules Haimovitz, who's served as president of MGM Networks and Viacom, is asking $21.32 million for his estate in the Beverly Hills Post Office area.




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Hollywood Hills Mediterranean with the right makeup seeks $5.5 million

A Mediterranean Revival-style home once owned by noted makeup artist Percival "Perc" Westmore is for sale in the Hollywood Hills for $5.495 million.




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Where actress Sarayu Blue unwinds from virus sleuthing on Netflix's 'Medical Police'

The oddly timely parody has Blue playing a CDC black ops chief hunting a deadly virus. In real life, color is a big theme in her office retreat.




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Coronavirus: Heathrow suffers worst month since 1980s and predicts 90% traffic fall in April

Boss of Britain's busiest air hub calls for 'a common international standard for healthcare screening in airports'




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Coronavirus: Air travel industry predicted to lose £250bn this year

'There is a large amount of pent-up demand, should health and travel restrictions allow it to return to the market,' said IATA's chief economist, Brian Pearce




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Coronavirus: Should I accept a Refund Credit Note for my cancelled holiday?

Holiday companies are desperate to persuade travellers whose holidays have been cancelled to accept a 'Refund Credit Note'. Should you? These are the key questions and answers




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Must Reads: The crowd-sourced, social media swarm that is betting Tesla will crash and burn

It's a sunny day in March and "Machine Planet" is flying a single-engine Cessna over Northern California.




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Ugly turns uglier as a Tesla filing shows results were goosed by a surge in credits

Tesla's financial results released last week didn't mention that the automaker's revenue included $200 million collected from regulatory credits.




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Teletherapy, meds, meditation: How musicians with mental health issues are coping with corona anxiety

With concerts cancelled and album releases amiss, musicians with mental health issues are struggling with the stress and uncertainty from the COVID-19 pandemic.




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Review: The 'Parks and Recreation' reunion is the perfect medicine for uncertain times

Beloved NBC sitcom "Parks and Recreation," starring Amy Poehler, returned Thursday during the coronavirus outbreak for a special to benefit Feeding America.




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Rangers team news: Predicted 4-3-3 line-up vs Kilmarnock - Jack decision, Barisic doubt



Rangers take on Kilmarnock in the Scottish Premiership on Wednesday night, with Steven Gerrard looking to keep within touching distance of rivals Celtic. Express Sport delivers you all of the team news for the Gers, as well as the predicted line up for the clash, as Ryan Jack returns from injury.