Daily Pilot

Your publication of David Gold's letter ("'Occupy' coverage was a little faulty," Nov. 29) regarding the "Occupy" demonstration at John Wayne Airport illustrates both a positive trend and a disturbing one in Daily Pilot news coverage. The very positive trend is that you seem to be allowing more letters in opposition to your apparent political position. The disturbing trend is that a political position is so apparent in your news reporting. The discrepancies that Gold pointed out in his letter are frequently obvious in your reporting on Costa Mesa political news in both the unbalanced attention paid to the hotly disputed actions of the City Council and the slant of the headlines and subheadings.

I wanted to applaud the amazing sports staff at the Daily Pilot. I have been an avid reader of the Los Angeles Times and the Pilot for more than 35 years and particularly enjoy the local high school sports coverage. As a longtime player, parent of athletes and fan of water polo, I never miss an article about my favorite sport. Matt Szabo is an immense talent, a rising star. It has been great fun to see him improve as a journalist over the years as he throws himself into everything he covers and works to hone his skills.

WEATHER Sunshine sticks around. See Page A4 FALL BACK Don't forget to set back your clocks at 2 a.m. Sunday. You'll need to push it back to 1 a.m. See Page A2 SPORTS Tesoro knocked off Corona del Mar, 20-7, in a Pacific Coast League football showdown. See Page B1 MARK THE DATE -- DAILY PILOT CALENDAR IS COMING In the coming weeks, the Daily Pilot will be compiling information for a 2005 calendar. We hope to include all major social, civic, business, entertainment and sporting events that take place in Newport-Mesa and also at UC Irvine.