Reigniting violence | Hamas in charge | Trump’s naivete. Mercury News reader letters to the editor for Jan. 29, 2025.

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EDITOR: A group of nonpartisan volunteers is working to restore tax protections that was ripped away by the passage of ...

The absence of a “Santa Claus rally” does not doom the U.S. stock market in 2025. The period from Christmas through the second trading day of January marks the traditional definition of the ...

Santa Cruz beach volleyball talent Ciara Cantlen has transferred from University of Hawaii to compete for Santa Clara University, the Broncos announced Friday. Soquel High’s Ciara Cantlen reacts after ...

Loss, love and a sense of belonging — survivors, evacuees, heroes and allies weigh in on what the fires revealed ...

Please stop chasing every shiny distraction he throws out there and focus instead on the meaningful damage he’s doing that ...

A Press Democrat reader asks why Jan. 6 memorial hasn’t been installed, and more.

If climate change caused the fires in Los Angeles, those changes are man-made.

Former President Joe Biden has continued a tradition started by President Ronald Reagan, who left behind a letter in the ...

The full contents of the letter former President Joe Biden left for President Trump has been revealed.