Tag: Opinion
Funny Papers Again Column | Natural Highs and Political Lows
While making my way through social media the other day, I came across some photos taken by my friends J&J, a mother-son duo, of...
Letter to the Editor | Friday Honks for Justice
To the Editor:
If you drive by the Welcome sign where Highway 101 meets King City on any Friday afternoon, you will see sign-carrying citizens...
Guest Column | When Women Exit the Workforce, the Economy Pays...
Across the United States — and around the world — women are quietly exiting the workforce. Some leave abruptly after hostile workplace experiences. Others...
Funny Papers Again Column | A Black Lawman and a White...
Once again as I sit down at my laptop, gather myriad notes on scraps of paper, lay my cell phone next to me for...
Guest Column | Monterey County Free Libraries’ 5 Things to Celebrate...
March is when spring officially begins with the Vernal Equinox on March 20 and we spring forward with our clocks on March 8.
1. At...
Window on the World Column | Friendsies Til the Endsies
When you have been friends for the best part of six decades, you finish each other’s sentences, you have a lifetime of inside jokes,...
Guest Column | Restored Funding Needed for Rural Crime Prevention
Farming is often thought of as a way of life and not just a job. Many California farm families have been living this life...
Guest Column | The Benefits of Receiving Transitional Care Close to...
When someone is recovering from major surgery, an injury or an illness, the care they receive plays a critical role in healing, regaining strength...
Window on the World Column | Struggling to Make Peace
“Struggling to make peace with the irreparable…”
I read this line somewhere after the kind of week that will turn you into a zombie —...
Funny Papers Again Column | Seven Days in February
Just because February is the shortest month of the year, the calendar reveals it is not without some very interesting and varied days of...
Local News
Soledad celebrates Parks and Recreation Month with official proclamation
SOLEDAD — Soledad City Council officially proclaimed July as Parks and Recreation Month during its July 1 meeting, recognizing the important role parks, recreation...
