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We should higher handle
bridge emergencies
Re: “Richmond-San Rafael Bridge reopens Saturday morning after emergency” (Web page B8, July 23).
There must be a greater approach to deal with the 19-hour Richmond-San Rafael Bridge standoff Friday and Saturday. Officers should discover a higher approach to resolve psychological well being points on bridges.
One should take into account the a whole bunch who have been held hostage whereas officers tried to resolve one individual’s situation. Think about the problems of these held hostage in opposition to the individual with the psychological well being disaster.
Is there no approach to safely open one lane? Is there no approach to safely incapacitate the individual in disaster?
This shouldn’t be allowed to occur once more.
Linda Fast
Walnut Creek
Native landscapes
may help pollinators
Anybody with a little bit of garden or backyard may help restore plummeting numbers of birds and butterflies by planting native vegetation.
It’s a enjoyable neighborhood venture: Work with pals and neighbors to create “pollinator pathways” by planting native vegetation to encourage birds and butterflies. Exchange vegetation you aren’t keen on, take away some garden, add natives in pots and window bins.
This fall can be a good time to start out. Natives use much less water and require no fertilizers or insecticide sprays. Most significantly, they’re wanted by caterpillars, which produce butterflies and feed child birds who require many 1000’s of caterpillars for one nest.
Calscape.org is a superb supply of knowledge on native vegetation, together with dimension, water and solar necessities, nurseries that carry them and the variety of caterpillars supported by every. Bringingbackthenatives.web has digital excursions of and talks about native plant use in landscaping.
Carol Garberson
Livermore
Why can we keep away from
population-climate hyperlink?
On daily basis, tales in regards to the highest-ever temperatures, vanishing coral reefs and forests, however not a phrase in regards to the trigger, overpopulation.
UN research present animals raised for meat and dairy produce extra greenhouse gasoline than all of the world’s vehicles, vehicles, buses, trains, planes and ships mixed.
Not a phrase about revising our antiquated, agrarian tax code from when extra infants meant extra palms to work the household farm and half of all kids didn’t survive previous age 4.
Why the blackout on these overarching points? Each nation with a declining birthrate enjoys larger GDP per capita.
Mike Scott
Walnut Creek
Political cash is
graft, not free speech
Re: “Ninth Circuit overturns political fundraising ban for native authorities staff” (July 19).
In each different developed nation on this planet giving cash to politicians is the very best type of corruption; in the USA it’s limitless and the apparent cause why politicians perform the curiosity of who pays them, not who votes for them.
Calling this “free speech” is the dumbest, most false argument ever. I perceive the dishonesty of the correct wing which pursues its plutocratic objectives, nevertheless it’s pathetic that the media settle for it as a respectable level.
Roberto Garuti
Walnut Creek
To defeat Trump, we
should vote for Biden
An open letter to Greens and Progressives:
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Joe Biden is the one factor standing between you and a Trump White Home. Is ideological purity extra necessary than that? Keep in mind, in 2016 Inexperienced Jill Stein unintentionally helped elect Trump, and within the yr 2000, progressive crusader Ralph Nader did the identical with Republican George W. Bush. (Left-leaning Impartial Nader bought over 90,000 votes in Florida, which Democrat Al Gore misplaced by 500 votes, giving each that state and the presidency to Bush.)
Nader stated to “vote your conscience.” What’s price extra, your conscience or your nation?
Michael Steinberg
Berkeley