Sept. 13, 2025 7 AM PT
To the editor: The article on noise and warmth in L.A. doesn’t even point out the issue of airplane noise within the west San Fernando Valley (“A tour of the sound and heat hellscape that is L.A.,” Sept. 9). It does point out LAX, however we additionally hear the incessant excessive noise attributable to airline flight paths to and from the airports right here, plus low-flying police helicopters. A significant airline flight path appears to enter the west valley over the hills about midway between the 101 and 118 freeways, and it creates excessive noise virtually repeatedly. Can one thing be achieved, like maybe requiring a bit greater flight (as a couple of do) till previous the magnifying sound attributable to the hills?
To assist with warmth, the town ought to be prioritizing and instantly planting timber in parkways, together with quite a few older areas the place timber have died. On my 60-year-old seven-block avenue, there are solely about eight timber nonetheless residing. Vastly wanted are shade timber which are drought tolerant.
These options might tremendously assist scale back the influence of those insidious well being threats.
Wanda Dameron, West Hills
