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August 20, 2026

Tag: Opinion

Funny Papers Again Column | Summer Solstice and the Last Word...

This is my last Funny Papers Again column for the Valley newspapers, so if you have been a fan over the past couple of...

Window on the World Column | Happy Birthday, Dear Rita

I hadn’t seen her for a while, and when I did, I realized that she was very unwell. I was doing a book signing...

Worthy to Print Column | Moving to Gonzales

“Honey, when did we move to Gonzales?” I asked my marriage mate as she (Rainy) flittered around the corner doing things that women do...

Funny Papers Again Column | Ringo and Sara and Lisa and...

There is something about eye contact that lets two people know that for just a split second, just a flicker of time, there has...

Window on the World Column | Boy Town

It started off as a nice offer from the husband. “He can come and stay with us for a while!” We were talking about...

Worthy to Print Column | Coming Home Early to See Dad

Did you have a good Father’s Day this weekend? I think this was just about the best Father’s Day I have had in awhile....

Funny Papers Again Column | An Anonymous Donor and Familiar Dairyman...

Any opinion columnist, or letter writer, whose words appear in public is aware that there could be repercussions either laudatory in nature or quite...

Window on the World Column | The Dreams of a Rescue...

“The beautiful dog awoke from its deep sleep dreamland. Before remembering his recent rescue, a bolt of concern ran through him from all those...

Worthy to Print Column | Trying Something New

Today seems like it might be a little different than most Sundays; there is an Artichoke Festival. This year it is in Monterey instead...

Funny Papers Again Column | What Stories Lie Beneath the Stones?

I like cemeteries. That is not a ghoulish statement, or at least not meant to be. A cemetery is a walk through history, both...

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Police arrest crime

Soledad man charged with lewd acts involving child

SOLEDAD — A 52-year-old Soledad man was arrested last Tuesday following an investigation into allegations of inappropriate sexual conduct involving an 8-year-old girl, according...