Tag: Opinion
Letter to the Editor | California Can’t Afford More Water Delays
California cannot afford to keep wasting opportunities to capture and store water when it’s available. Yet our outdated permitting system makes building essential water...
Funny Papers Again Column | To P or Not to P;...
The old saying “things are tough all over” certainly applies to present day King City. As a city, it could be said we became...
Window on the World Column | My 24-Hour Journey
I’ve traveled a lot in my life. Thirty-eight years of going back and forth over the pond can make one a bit blasé about...
101 Living Column | The Frugal ‘Jean’
Unfortunately, I never met my mother-in-law. Jean passed away just a couple of years before my husband and I met. I am sure we...
Window on the World Column | A Letter to My Younger...
My oldest buddy on the planet Lizzie and I decided that, now we are living on the same land mass again, we must plan...
Funny Papers Again Column | Mee and Me: A Short History
Today I want to touch on something, but I must tread lightly else I shoot myself in the foot and need care; which, appropriately,...
Window on the World Column | The Birthday Circuit
When you get to my rather mature years (60 is the new 30, apparently, especially when you have fake parts!), birthdays can come and...
Guest Column | The Pinnacles Film Festival: The Plot Thickened
The Pinnacles Film Festival began with one film and a simple idea: give it a fitting screening. It grew because filmmakers, community partners and...
Voices of South County | Mee Memorial physician builds trust through...
For Dr. Ruth Pedraza, Family Medicine Service Director at Mee Memorial, practicing medicine is about building relationships with patients, walking alongside their families and...
101 Living Column | Glass Half Full
I have always seen the glass as half full.But at half a tank, the panic sets in.
Growing up in Prunedale in the ’70s, my...
Local News
Pinnacles Film Festival draws 300 to inaugural event
SALINAS VALLEY — Nearly 300 people attended the inaugural Pinnacles Film Festival earlier this month, bringing independent filmmakers and audiences together for a day...
