To the editor — On Tuesday, Nov. 4, Yakima will decide who sits on the City Council. These elections aren’t just about names on a ballot, they’re about our neighborhoods, schools, safety and the ...

Forty-three years ago, in 1982, Detroit was introduced to a wonderful character, Count Scary, played by none other than Mr. Tom Ryan. Count Scary was no ordinary vampire. With his exaggerated ...

Re: “Vote no on Measure A sales tax hike” (Page A12, Oct. 19). Has the Mercury News gone crazy? I read the editorial, and it’s hard to believe that the liberal Mercury News opposes a tax increase.

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. To the editor: Doug Smith’s article exposes a hard truth: Despite record spending, Los Angeles continues to ...

I'm not attending the Oct. 18 No Kings protest. Not because I don't support (protest against) the numerous abuses of governmental overreach and abuse that I've seen the Trump administration commit, ...

Contrary to the opinions of Westmoreland County Commissioners Sean Kertes and Doug Chew, the county is woefully out of step compared with practices in other Southwestern Pennsylvania counties ...

Loree and I are headed to India for seven weeks later this month. (We have a house sitter, or I would be reluctant to announce this publicly.) Who knew when planning this trip, that there would be an ...

As a boy in the 1950s, I went on several bear hunts in the swamps near Avery Island and have since become an advocate for our official state mammal. In 1987, at the urging of U.S. Fish and Wildlife ...

Federal prosecutors Tuesday revealed troubling new details in the case against the man accused of assassinating a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband, including a rambling letter addressed to the FBI ...