We owe the community honesty about how housing policies actually work — especially when their real impact goes far beyond what’s being promised. The Santa ...

Finding Christmas in Sebastopol Dear Editor, I used to dislike Christmas — the forced jollity, the materialism and the ...

Josh Blue creates a dazzling and elaborate "Christmas Village" in Quincy Point. The public is invited to the front porch.

The policy prohibits city garages, parking lots and public spaces from being used for staging, operations bases and ...

FOREST GROVE, Ore. — Near Forest Grove, Oregon, the December weather may be cold and frightful, but the folks who keep holiday traditions alive are warm are delightful. For 19 nights each December, ...

As is the case with Our Community Reads every year, there will not be just one event related to the book. There will be nine events geared at making the book’s themes come alive, including ...

Raton, pronounced “ra-TONE” (not like the rodent, though the name does mean “mouse” in Spanish), sits just shy of the Colorado border like a secret waiting to be discovered by travelers wise enough to ...

The Santa Cruz Sentinel’s Letters to the Editor for Jan. 17, 2026.

WELL, FOR THE FIRST TIME, MANY VISUALLY IMPAIRED OR BLIND KIDS ARE GETTING A CHANCE TO PARTICIPATE IN A CHRISTMAS TRADITION LIKE THIS. IT’S WRITING THEIR CHRISTMAS LIST IN BRAILLE AND SENDING IT OFF ...

For more than 50 years, Loveland area youngsters have been posting their letters to Santa in a special mailbox, first at the Reporter-Herald office, and now at the Loveland Public Library. Thanks to ...

Ray Watford is a retired production director who worked for newspapers in Florida, Massachusetts, Michigan, Ohio and West Virginia. At my part-time job at The Well community center in Hilliard, I help ...