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The governor’s judge is optimistic about the service
Re: “PG&E’s cut profit rate matches bottom line pledge” (Page A1, Feb. 13).
My utility bill goes up – even if I reduce energy use.
TURN’s Mark Toney and former CPUC Commissioner Loretta Lynch are right in their criticism: PG&E has failed to provide reliable service, and our state public utility commissioners have failed to adequately regulate investor-owned utilities. I doubt this will change until we elect a governor who will avoid huge contributions to utilities and actually appoint commissioners to regulate instead of coddle or kowtow to whatever the institutions want.
As the gubernatorial candidates campaign and debate each other, we should all be asking them if they will commit to doing just that.
Beth Weinberger
Oakland
Progressive corporations are powering Bay Area politics
Re: “Fixing the US requires fixing Silicon Valley” (Page A8, Feb. 15).
TCM recently screened the 1933 “Working Man” about a rivalry between two shoe manufacturers. Being from the Triple Cities in New York state, it prompted me to look into the history of shoe manufacturers Endicott Johnson; we lived far away from one of their tanneries, and I remember the soot and the stench.
What was impressive was how well they treated their employees – a philosophy that influenced IBM. It is also a matter of support for immigrants recruited from Eastern Europe to work in factories and how much the children of these immigrants have contributed to society. Unfortunately, due to the rise of neoliberalism, these progressive companies left the area, and it became a very depressed area.
The loss of these companies with their progressive goals hurt the entire region. Don’t think it can’t happen here in the Bay Area.
Denise Clark
Fremont
Remember the boss’s take on the gate fight
Answer: “Manager blames Fremont for gate dispute” (Page A1, Feb. 13).
Vargas Plateau Regional Park is a Fremont gem. Christopher George has done nothing but complain, obstruct and delay this park that benefits everyone. And was it because his country was being taken away? No. He does not want “outsiders” on the road near his farm. You bullied the EBRPD in a small parking lot, and now you’re complaining about people using the public road. This is getting tired.
There are politicians who will pay attention to one rich animal over the good of society. Alameda County Executive David Haubert appears to be one of them. George gave him large sums of money; it is what traditionally corrupts people in his place. So Haubert is now petitioning the city of Fremont on George’s behalf to prevent further restrictions by controlling and blocking the public road. Please keep this in mind when Haubert seeks re-election.
Marc Ricketts
Fremont
Arguing with Trump on climate can be expensive
Re: “Trump cancels climate deal” (Page A1, Feb. 13).
More than 30 EPA authors and collaborators created the Risk and Rationale document, and the document was reviewed by more than 10 government expert reviewers. However, our president asserts that this document is “a big scam.” Who would you bet on?
But if anyone with power dares to object, they will learn that speech is not free.
George Doddington
Walnut Creek
Voters will remember history despite Trump
The way history is told may change, but history itself does not.
• Tearing down the East Wing of the White House to make way for a grand ballroom does not change the fact that it is “still the People’s House.”
• Hitting “Trump” at the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts doesn’t make it his.
• Winning the Nobel Peace Prize for someone else does not make one an ambassador of peace.
• Calling Alex Pretti and Renee Good “pet terrorists” does not change the fact that they were victims of state violence.
• Scrubbing information about slavery from Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia does not erase that history.
• Taking the rainbow flag off the Stonewall National Memorial doesn’t win over bullies.
• Retracting the “dangerous findings” of 2009 does not change the reality of a warming planet.
Hear this, Donald Trump: We will remember.
Anne Stafford
Oakland
The important thing is not to forget the reality of the war in Ukraine
As we enter the fifth year of Russia’s all-out invasion of Ukraine, we must remember how this war is breaking news. I know that because members of my extended family are Ukrainian.
In March 2025, before graduating from Columbia University in New York City, my son and his college sweetheart got married. I know the horrors of what is happening in Ukraine. As a mother of two children, my heart aches for Ukrainian mothers. As of early 2026, Ukrainian authorities have confirmed that at least 19,546 children have been deported or forcibly transferred to Russia or Russian-controlled territories since the full-scale offensive began in February 2022. There have been nearly 2 million casualties since February 2022.
I sincerely urge everyone in the Bay Area to move forward in love and peace, not forgetting the horrific war and suffering in Ukraine.
Rebecca Amedio
Castro Valley
