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July 9, 2025

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Steve Wilson

Funny Papers Again Column | Today’s Opinion Column Offers Some Opinions...

ā€œOpinion is really the lowest form of human knowledge. It requires no accountability, no understanding. The highest form of knowledge is empathy, for it...

Guest Column | How Farmworkers Outlawed ā€˜El Cortito’ 50 Years Ago

For decades in the Salinas Valley, the short-handle hoe, known as ā€œEl Cortito,ā€ was used for weeding and thinning rows of crops that kept...
Steve Wilson

Funny Papers Again Column | A Long, Slow-Flowing River — and...

I received an email from a fellow who lives out Jolon way, in which I was asked about a situation I had never really...
Lucy Jensen

Window on the World Column | The Grave Digger

It is our family custom, after the passing of a loved one, that we gather together and celebrate the life of that person. Whether...
Mee Memorial Healthcare System Rena Salamacha

Guest Column | The Impact of Medicare on the Health and...

In rural America, hospitals are more than healthcare providers — they are pillars of their communities. They deliver essential medical services, create jobs and...
Steve Wilson

Funny Papers Again Column | An End to May Columns —...

It is a little after 4 a.m. Monday morning and I don’t have a column written for the noon deadline. In fact, I have...
George Worthy

Worthy to Print Column | Won’t You Be My Neighbor?

Hello, Neighbors. A couple of things have happened the past couple of weeks that boggles the mind or at least in my mind anyway....
Steve Wilson

Funny Papers Again Column | A Little Insider’s Look at Fair...

So, another Fair has rolled into town and out again. And it was a good one, at least for me. It is the reason...
Lucy Jensen

Window on the World Column | Day in the Life of...

As I sat on the shore watching my old friend and my daughter cavorting on paddleboards in the early morning sun, the North Sea...
Steve Wilson

Funny Papers Again Column | Soapbox Rants 1 and 2, With...

At the end of this month, Saturday, May 31, at 11 a.m. on the northeast corner of Broadway and North Vanderhurst, city officials will...

Local News

Alliance on Aging releases Local Aging and Disability Action Plan

MONTEREY COUNTY — A comprehensive plan to improve quality of life for older adults and people with disabilities was presented to the Monterey County...