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July 16, 2025

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George Worthy

Worthy to Print Column | It’s a surprise!!!

ā€œHey honey, would you come into the kitchen?ā€ This was how I was greeted as my bride was standing there with a cup of...
Steve Wilson

Funny Papers Again Column | A Hapless Man, a Hopeless Leader...

The headline reads simply ā€œFunny Papers June 18 2025.ā€ Below the headline there is a blank page where on the left margin, expecting to...
Lucy Jensen

Window on the World Column | 15 Years Is a Long...

Fifteen years is a long time; but is it? Time compresses and expands like an accordion, often catching you off guard. A memory popped...
Reading book

Guest Column | 5 Things for June from Monterey County Free...

Happy June! At Monterey County Free Libraries (MCFL), we are really excited because it’s time for the Summer Reading Club. Summer is the best...
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...

Local News

Valenzuela named new Soledad chief of police

SOLEDAD — City of Soledad has announced the appointment of Patrick G. Valenzuela as its new chief of police. Valenzuela comes to Soledad from the...