Rain showers early will evolve into a more steady rain for the afternoon. High near 65F. Winds S at 10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 90%. Rainfall near a quarter of an inch..
A steady rain this evening. Showers continuing overnight. Potential for heavy rainfall. Low 54F. Winds SSW at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 90%. Rainfall around a quarter of an inch.
Updated: April 20, 2026 @ 8:06 am
Editor,
This morning my 11-year-old daughter Joya asked me if the Russians could ever come here. I told her no. The Russians are just the big bully in their neighborhood and Ukraine is like the much smarter, more popular kid who happens to be smaller. Putin is beating up on a weaker Ukraine because he is a small man who needs to be mean to feel better about himself.
America and all of our good European friends are like the whole football team working together to put the mean bully back in his place. No, Russia will never come here.
It felt good saying this aloud to my daughter.
John Dugan
San Carlos
The letter writer is a member of the San Carlos City Council.
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(4) comments
Mr. Dugan - you could have explained to her that a bully does not come out of nowhere. Putin did not wake up one morning and decided to invade Ukraine. While no excuse for Putin's actions, our and European foreign policy caused this mayhem and could have been avoided had we listened to Putin's warnings.
Mr. Dugan – one has to wonder what you tell your daughter when the government attempts to bully people to take an experimental COVID jab, subjecting humans, and especially kids of her age (with potentially long lives ahead of them), to being guinea pigs. Will you relate the story that like the Grinch, their heart may also grow? Not due to love but potentially due to pericarditis or myocarditis if jabbed? How about when government bullies tell everyone else to wear a mask, but these government bullies do not? Is it because these government bullies are beating up on the populace, who is much smarter and much smaller (in these bullies eyes)? It sounds like America needs to put these mean government bullies back in their place (and for many other bullying behaviors, too). This feels good saying this in print to our dear readers.
Terence Y: My goodness, what a careless response to this father of an 11-year old daughter!
But, at least let me congratulate you by finally coming to your senses regarding lying, treasonous Trumputin, who did so much to destroy our standing in the world and who made us so ashamed for letting such an incompetent criminal into the WH. And he still can’t keep his bragging mouth shut!
Jorg, your faux outrage is noted - and immediately dismissed. Let us know when you decide to join us in the present and can document a treasonous Biden accomplishment. Sorry, rising crime, rising inflation, allowing invasions from the southern border and in Ukraine don’t qualify. BTW, thanks for those two exclamation points – your only points of importance.
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