Tag: Opinion
Window on the World Column | Mapping to Cowboy Country
You cannot be in Idaho without thinking potato. For most of the uninformed world, that is its claim to fame. We noted on the...
Guest Column | Embracing Vitality: Essential Tips for Lifelong Health and...
September is Healthy Aging Month, an ideal time to celebrate the positive aspects of aging and focus on maintaining a healthy lifestyle that allows...
Funny Papers Again Column | Thoughts and Words From Sources Known...
The good and bad aspects of choosing a title line (see above) for a column is once up there, the writer is bound to...
Window on the World Column | Mapping Through Nevada and Into...
Crossing Nevada is similar to my memory of crossing Texas. It goes on forever. And just when you think it has to end, it...
Guest Column | Cal State Monterey Bay Will Drive Future of...
Cal State Monterey Bay had an exciting start to the semester with the first students entering our new mechatronic engineering program — which combines...
Funny Papers Again Column | Final Words for One You Love,...
Some 30-plus years ago I was employed by what was then known as the Greenfield News, we now know it as one of the...
Worthy to Print Column | Heroes
I have been writing about my life and my town for a long time if you follow me on a regular basis. I have...
Window on the World Column | My Mapping Menu
We’ve been planning this road trip for a very long time. Too long. So long I thought it would never happen. I had every...
Funny Papers Again Column | When Mr. Kant and Mr. Lobo...
It took me forever to get a college degree. Really. It was nearly 30 years and over 330 miles apart — from September of...
Worthy to Print Column | Friends and Mom’s Wisdom
One time a long time ago I asked my mom for a quarter. She said she was sorry, but she didn’t have any money...
Local News
Salinas Valley News Briefs | Oct. 2, 2026
Key for a Cure announces 2026 Warrior Award recipients
SALINAS — A Key for a Cure Foundation has announced Jayaan Nasta and Wyatt Ann Ingersoll...
