A letter from our publisher Julie Reeder

While most of the community is working from home, or off of work altogether, Village News/Valley News/Anza Valley Outlook is part of "Essential Personnel" as outlined in Federal guidelines. We are out covering stories, taking photos and delivering papers. Be confident that our award-winning editorial staff is working 24/7 to keep everyone updated. We are also thankful that we started carrying national news in addition for our readers last year. We exist for times like this. We have a responsibility and we are proud to carry it out. While we put out information over the last few weeks about COVID-19, we are working now on a special issue for Thursday. I'm super proud of my staff's hard work. We will be letting people know what they can do for their neighbors if needed as well. We