Tag: Opinion
Worthy to Print Column | Gas vs. Electricity
Have you bought any gas lately? I was driving my car yesterday in Salinas when I thought I may as well get gas at...
Funny Papers Again Column | An Honorable Opportunity for Greenfield Students
I remember when the wall speaker above Mr. Spears desk made that squawking, scratchy noise it made just before a voice came over and...
Guest Column | Goodwill Central Coast Celebrates the Power of Employment
Each year during the first full week of May, Goodwill organizations across the U.S. and Canada celebrate Goodwill Industries Week to highlight a crucial...
Worthy to Print Column | The Emperor Has No Clothes
Well, hello there! Did you miss me last week? I hope so because I missed that I had to get a column written. Sometimes...
Funny Papers Again Column | To the Two NCs: Come Get...
This is notice to Ronna and Jaime: Hit me with your best shots; convince me with actions not words. In fact, now that I...
Window on the World Column | My First Impressions
I’ve been living in America for 35 years now. Almost to the day. There you have it. I am either very old — or...
Guest Column | Salinas Valley Recycles Is Changing — Always
I’d like to start this piece with a quote: “In 2023, we must come together again in partnership for the planet. Businesses, governments and...
Worthy to Print Column | Family Times and Traffic Woes
I have been working out of my house for the past few weeks, and like the promises of AT&T the entire internet has gotten...
Funny Papers Again Column | The Wild Winds Usher in Pyotr...
It was almost exactly one o’clock in the afternoon on the first day of April when the window blinds in the studio began to...
Guest Column | Volunteerism Helps Stitch Together the Fabric That Binds...
“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?’” Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., spoke these profound words to an...
Local News
Greenfield man admits to prison smuggling scheme
GREENFIELD — A former California prison lieutenant from Greenfield pleaded guilty Oct. 20 to conspiring to smuggle contraband into Salinas Valley State Prison in...
