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September 22, 2025

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Worthy to Print Column | A Mother’s Love

This is a story I wrote 20 two years ago. I wrote it to honor my mother on Mother’s Day. She didn’t know I...

Window on the World Column | You Are Not a Tree…

I saw this line on social media and I loved it so much. Too many people in the free world complain about where they...

Funny Papers Again Column | All’s Fair in Love’n the Fair...

(NOTE: After completing this column, I was informed there will not be a talent show at this year’s Salinas Valley Fair, but I’m going...

Funny Papers Again Column | Looking Back and Seeing Ahead

Before I get into the bits and pieces of today’s column, let me offer a mea culpa regarding some misinformation in last week’s column....

Worthy to Print Column | Thank You to All the Fallen

As I get older, I find myself forgetting even the simplest of things. Do you ever have that problem? I guess it is like...

Guest Column | Make Your Voice Heard Through Health Survey

Throughout the pandemic, collaboration became a key element in the daily fight against the virus. It allowed Monterey County health care organizations, government agencies...

Letter to the Editor | Still Seeking Justice for Our Son

To the Editor: May 4, 2004, was the day our lives changed forever. That was the day we found our son, Ricky, murdered. Anyone who...

Funny Papers Again Column | Tis the Time to Gather and...

The body politic of a school campus is known as the student union, so it follows that when a class graduates from the institution,...

Worthy to Print Column | No One Has a Happy Memorial...

Since Memorial Day is coming soon, I thought perhaps we might write a few words about why we have Memorial Day and whoĀ benefits from...

Window on the World Column | Our Easter Basket

It was time for Easter vacation, and that hadn’t meant much for a while in this household, not having school age kids anymore. We...

Local News

Salinas Valley Health NICU Graduate Reunion

Salinas Valley Health’s NICU Graduate Reunion scores home run with celebration

SALINAS VALLEY — Nearly 500 parents, children, physicians, nurses and staff recently gathered for Salinas Valley Health’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) Graduate Reunion,...