To the editor: Leaf blowers (dust blowers, in my terms) accomplish little and are a daily nuisance here in Van Nuys. (“Add this to the list of things I’ll never miss: The gas-powered leaf ...

We and the City Council have gotten innumerable complaints about gas leaf blowers,” said Lee Cassin, environmental health director.Noise is the big issue, but fugitive dust is another.The city banned ...

During the old days, we’re talking 2019, the leaf blower shrills happened while everybody went away to the office, the store, the restaurant or wherever they did their jobs.

RE “Sound and Fury in the Garden” [Aug. 18]: The article was excellent and long overdue! I agree with your observations and remembrances of the time before those leaf blowers and other ...