Tag: Opinion
Guest Column | Your Health, Your Community: The Rural Difference
In an era increasingly dominated by large healthcare networks, finding medical care that is advanced, timely and personal can be challenging. Too often, patients...
Funny Papers Again Column | Ye Gods, Stay Out of Our...
“You’re too damn cynical!” That was the total critique of a speech I gave back in high school in 1970, the critic a friend...
Window on the World Column | 10 Years of Animal Champions
“When South County Animal Rescue (SCAR) was founded at the beginning of 2016, I’m not sure what we honestly expected. We knew that there...
Passport Diaries Column | Quick Trip to The Emerald City Well...
It had been quite some time since my family partook in a long road trip that required multiple stops, including one where we had...
Funny Papers Again Column | Ye Gods, Stay Out of Our...
We know the Constitution is working as originally intended when we see masked white supremacists in formation walking proudly through the streets of Washington,...
Window on the World Column | My Beloved Rufus
As us animal folk well know, there are frequent pleas from our local shelter for help with fostering and adoptions. There are always too...
Funny Papers Again Column | We the People of King City,...
I have just scrapped a couple hours of work on this week’s column; or at least what would have been this week’s column. There...
Window on the World Column | Snakes in the Attic
I was very young when I encountered my first. You never forget your first, or so they say! We were walking along a popular...
Funny Papers Again Column | My Friend Rick and My Country...
Disappointment to the point of anger. That is a rare emotion for me, but it was what surfaced the other week when I saw...
Guest Column | Monterey County Free Libraries’ 5 Things for July...
Summertime is in full swing at Monterey County Free Libraries, and we have many things for you to do, read, eat, watch and plan...
Local News
Salinas Valley News Briefs | July 24, 2026
County celebrates National Parks and Recreation Month at Toro Park
SALINAS — Monterey County Parks and Lakes is inviting the community to celebrate National Parks...
