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July 19, 2025

Tag: Opinion

Window on the World Column | Olive and Mabel, Mary and...

During the last several months of Covid — or the ongoing lifetime of this pandemic, depending on how you feel about it — people...

Letter to the Editor | Rally to Protect Communities From Harmful...

To the Editor: The organization Safe Ag, Save Schools (SASS) is working under the umbrella of Californians for Pesticide Reform to bring back, and...

Funny Papers Again Column | All the World’s a Stage, and...

I recently mentioned to my boss Ryan that Funny Papers Again seemed be leaning more to light stuff rather than some of the heavier...

Worthy to Print Column | Time for Confession

This is confession time. We columnists sometimes have difficulties coming up with an article that will be enjoyed by you, the reader. Something on...

Window on the World Column | Tomorrow Is Not Promised

The last time I saw him he was sitting in his favorite bar in Las Vegas with a large cold one beside him and...

Funny Papers Again Column | Fancy Meeting You Here of All...

In my wanderings about the village, I get the occasional opportunity to get inside different buildings, some are older and designed for specific purposes...

Worthy to Print Column | Leaving the Nest

When do we stop being the parents to our children? Or, for that matter when do our children quit being our children? For question...

Guest Column | Getting Back to School Safely

After being in distance learning mode most of the last school year, we are excited to have students, teachers and staff back together in...

Funny Papers Again Column | ā€˜Let’s Look at the Map and...

I was up in the Arroyo Seco Canyon with a friend the other day, we had made our way down to the river, what...

Worthy to Print Column | Rock ’N’ Roll Forever

If you have been a reader of my scribbling, you are aware that I’m not a huge fan of the computer age. I use...

Local News

Soledad honors late Olympic weightlifter with special day

SOLEDAD — Former Soledad resident and Olympic weightlifter Mario Martinez was recently honored by the Soledad City Council with a city proclamation designating July...