Letters to the Editor

I recently read “The High Cost of Free Parking” by Donald Shoup, a UCLA urban planning professor, who argues that “free” parking comes with significant hidden costs. By requiring abundant free parking, cities end up encouraging urban sprawl, increasing traffic congestion, and contributing to environmental damage. Free parking is not truly free — it is […]

Dear editor, As a resident of this island who has lived both in the Village and the Cays, I felt deeply disappointed reading your recent article regarding a fellow Coronado resident and his family. I have known the family personally for years. I always viewed your paper as a source of constructive community journalism — […]

I’ve been thinking about the first time I voted. I made my way to the firehouse, proudly presented my registration, and my local volunteer checked off my name from her roster of qualified voters.  As a little girl, I promised myself that I would not miss an election. My grandmother had been a suffragette. I was aware of […]

On Dec. 19, 2025, the Coronado News’ editorial board published an opinion piece with multiple inaccuracies about Community Choice Aggregators (CCAs) as an alternative to SDG&E. To ensure Coronado residents can make an informed decision about CCAs, it is important to provide accurate information to counter the editorial’s claims.  Claim: “SDG&E currently offers customers the ability to […]

In the Jan. 23 edition, the food critic from The Coronado News reviewed our local restaurant, Rosemary Trattoria. While tasty food is the primary focus for a restaurant review, the critic may have lost sight of the tastefulness of being a guest in an establishment that provides a livelihood for many people.  In her description of […]

Those of us who grew up in the 1960s remember well what drugs can do to people. Back then it was heroin and LSD. Today it’s fentanyl, meth, and a flood of synthetic poisons far more lethal than anything my generation ever faced. To give some sense of scale, a fentanyl overdose equivalent in weight […]

The port is owned by the people of California and held in a public trust. But should we trust the current stewards? At present, board representatives are appointed rather than elected by the people whose land they manage.  Beyond the unpopular decision to terminate the lease at the Coronado Ferry Landing, the board has wielded […]

I am a resident of Coronado and urge all to vote yes on 50. MAGA is attempting to steal the midterm elections by resorting to extreme gerrymandering in red states. Redistricting is not generally done between censuses and MAGA has made a point of breaking this norm to tilt the elections. Prop 50 is just […]

I just read your article on the Tijuana river issue. Without a doubt the political leaders in the affected cities, county and state have failed their constituents. They should be embarrassed to face their respective communities. This is not an issue Mexico will consider their responsibility.Hard economic penalties is the only way of gaining their […]

Like so many of us who’ve called Coronado home for the best part of our lives, the Village Theatre is written on my heart. It’s where I spent just about every seventh-grade Saturday afternoon, watching MGM Musicals and Hopalong Cassidy serials. It’s where I had my first “date” (so nervous!), and years later, where my […]

Dear fellow Americans,  Please vote yes on Prop 50. Prop 50 will enable California to draw new congressional distracting maps before the 2026 midterms. These new maps will then sundown in 2030 when the federally-mandated census occurs, at which time California will return to its regular redistricting schedule.  We must all wake up and realize that […]