As a basketball fan, you probably want everyone around you to be as pumped up as you are about watching the big games. I ...

Glorifying consumption | Life of privation | Safeguard bees. Mercury News reader letters to the editor for June 20, 2025.

The youth clubs, and opportunities for children to just hang out and be kids have vanished in the last 20 years. The closing of youth clubs and other safe meeting places for teens, because local ...

Submit your letter to the editor via this form.Read more Letters to the Editor.. Phonics alone won’tget kids reading. Re: “Far too many California children can’t read” (Page A7, June 17 ...

It’s unfortunate that Caitlin Vogus, a First Amendment lawyer, exercised her own freedom of speech to smear the Kids Online Safety Act (“Democrats, don’t risk free speech in the name of ...

DEAR EDITOR: Youngstown and Ohio face a persistent literacy challenge, with only 35% of fourth graders reading at grade level, and worse results among eighth graders. While new mandates focus on ...

Dorit Kemsley shared a look at the special bond between her two kids in an update on her family. Read on for details. See Dorit Kemsley's Update on Her Kids' Sibling Moment (JUNE 2025) ...

Vanderpump Rules alums Brittany Cartwright, Lala Kent, and Scheana Shay drop an exciting update on their kids. Get the details here.

Regarding “Ted Cruz wants to give Americans $1K at birth to invest in the stock market,” (May 28): U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz is on the right track about getting parents investing in their kids ...

Seeing your child mix up b and d when reading or writing can feel alarming. But here’s the good news: it’s incredibly common ...