Tag: Opinion
Worthy to Print Column | Staying Up All Night
Did you get to see the blowout by the Eagles? My beautiful bride and I watched it until we started to think it was...
Letter to the Editor | Our Freedoms Are in Danger
To the Editor:
In the past two years, we’ve seen some incredible investments in American families, our economy and our future, thanks to the White...
Funny Papers Again Column | Enough — Let Judgments and Flood...
As a last look at this year’s storms, I mention that social media users have leveled harsh criticism toward the many people who either...
Worthy to Print Column | Cold Enough for You?
It sure is cold enough for me. This morning I had to get up early to go to a dentist appointment over in Monterey....
Guest Column | New Year Could Mean a New You Through...
For many of us, the new year represents a fresh start, and that is a concept that holds a lot of power. Hitting our...
Funny Papers Again Column | Sadness and Gladness in Stormy Weather
“It must first be said that with increased residential and agricultural use and improved water management, flood concern is not what it was a...
Letter to the Editor | New House Majority Will Threaten Our...
To the Editor:
Two years after the deadly attack on our country on Jan. 6, 2021, it’s hard to ignore that the House of Representatives...
Worthy to Print Column | Riding in the Pickup
You know, living in the Salinas Valley is a pretty cool place to live. Except for the rain we have been enjoying lately, it...
Window on the World Column | The Sparkly Glasses
On the occasion of my sister’s 50th birthday — were she still alive — I was up in San Francisco with my friend. I...
Funny Papers Again Column | ‘If It Keeps on Rainin’, the...
Many of you, or some of you, or heck maybe none of you will, recognize the title of today’s column as the opening lyrics...
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...
