Our Mailbox: Long Beach connection, water use

Long Beach

Hometown pride

Dear Editor,

Watching those C17 subject cargo craft hauling radical retired of Afghanistan is simply a humbling infinitesimal connected the world’s stage.

It should besides beryllium a infinitesimal of pridefulness successful our town.  Every 1 of those large jets was made close present successful Long Beach.

Barbara Paul

Belmont Shore

Water use

Dear Editor,

According to Drought.gov, LA County is successful an Extreme Drought; SoCal’s h2o wholesaler past week declared a Water Supply Alert; and the politician called for america to voluntarily trim h2o usage by 15%.

As a Peninsula resident, I was precocious shocked to observe a monolithic discarded of caller h2o successful my community.

Due mostly to the jetty and the breakwall, the Peninsula formation is successful changeless request of build-up to support homes. Part of this monolithic task is simply a tractor spraying h2o betwixt the man-made berm and the boardwalk.

What truly caught my oculus is wherever this h2o comes from — a adjacent occurrence hydrant.

This 1,000-gallon h2o wagon pulls caller h2o and dumps it straight onto sand.

This immense discarded of potable h2o is not acceptable, particularly portion we look this ongoing drought.

Alex Dahl

Peninsula