Sending a Letter to the Editor

Sending a Letter to the Editor

Letters to the editor are limited to 200 words or less, unless otherwise noted. You must include your full name, mailing address, and daytime phone number. Put the letter in the body of your message; attachments are not allowed and are often stripped by anti-virus software.

Below are the addresses for letters to the editor for many major California newspapers.

Newspaper:submit via:
L.A. Times Online Form or letters@latimes.com
San Francisco Chronicle letters@sfchronicle.com
San Diego Union Tribune letters@uniontrib.com
Orange County Register letters@ocregister.com
Sacramento Bee Online Form (must live in Bee circulation area)
San Jose Mercury News (125 word limit) letters@mercurynews.com
Contra Costa Times letters@cctimes.com
Oakland Tribune Online Form
Los Angeles Daily News (100 word limit) Online Form
Riverside Press Enterprise Online Form (preferred) or letters@pe.com
Santa Cruz Sentinel (150 word limit) Online Form
Marin Independent Journal opinion@marinij.com
Fresno Bee letters@fresnobee.com
Jerry Berkman, August 6, 2007