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Sub for Santa: Large family struggling to find funds for Christmas

Editor’s note: All United Way’s Sub for Santa participants’ names have been changed. To help a family like this one, visit https://subforsanta.org or text or call the Sub for Santa hotline at 801-356-6300. As of today, 235 families are still in need of support. Janice and her family are ...

MOORE: Why Johnny can’t read

Reading and math scores are abysmal across the country, as national testing results keep documenting. Illiteracy rates are rising: The number of 16- to 24-year-olds reading at the lowest literacy levels increased from 16% in 2017 to 25% in 2023, according to data from the National Center for ...

Guest opinion: Measles vaccine changed the world for the better

This is to encourage everyone to get their own and their child’s measles vaccination. Parents, please make this a priority for your children. I know that my letter will not be well received by those opposed to vaccines, but I feel because of my personal experience with the measles disease, it ...

Sub for Santa: Homeless family seeking Christmas gifts for their boy

Editor’s note: All United Way’s Sub for Santa participants’ names have been changed. To help a family like this one, visit https://subforsanta.org or text or call the Sub for Santa hotline at 801-356-6300. As of today, 296 families are still in need of support. A homeless family who is ...

STIEHM: Three geniuses of the ‘silent’ generation

The strange house on 23rd Street -- a trapezoid of plywood, shower glass and chain link fence -- was the laughingstock of our Santa Monica neighborhood. Even Frank Gehry's gardener joked about the architect owner: "Poor Mr. Gehry." Years later, my father and I attended an inaugural concert ...