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December 16, 2025

Tag: Opinion

Letter to the Editor | Keep Your Dollars Local

To the Editor: Since the beginning of the pandemic, I have been more mindful of our local shopkeepers and restaurants endeavoring to keep their doors...

Funny Papers Again Column | ā€˜The Nutcracker Ballet’: What Have I...

Very soon, in fact just two days from today, the Monterey County Dance Foundation will present the Monterey County Dance Theatre’s 62nd anniversary production...

Worthy to Print Column | Put On Your Mask

I’m beginning to think like my personal nurse. Her opinion is that we will be wearing masks for the rest of time. I would...

Window on the World Column | The Chaos That Can Be...

I recall so clearly the simplicity of the holidays when we were young. We would show up and be fed and presented with presents,...

Letter to the Editor | Covid-19 Evolution and Steps Toward Prevention

To the Editor: I am Holden, a biology student at Cal State University, Monterey Bay. I am writing on behalf of residents in Monterey County...

Funny Papers Again Column | Celebrity Sightings in South County

One of the favorite questions posted on social media is ā€œWho is the most famous person you have ever met?ā€; or some derivative thereof....

Worthy to Print Column | Thankful for the Legion

If anyone knows me, they know that I am a veteran of the U.S. Army. I am proud to tell anyone that asks. I...

Funny Papers Again Column | If Fiction Were Real: A Study...

Below is what happens when a writer is somewhat confined to his immediate surroundings; that writer reads a lot of books and views a...

Letter to the Editor | Grateful for Police Chief’s Heroism

To the Editor: This Thanksgiving week should not pass us by without further recognizing the heroics of our Soledad Police Chief Damon Wasson.  In that dreadful...

Guest Column | Better Health and Less Stress With Gratitude

Did you know that gratitude is often a forgotten factor in the science of well-being? Studies have shown that grateful people experience less depression...

Local News

Monterey County Sheriff’s Office

MCSO investigating body found in Salinas Riverbed near Greenfield

GREENFIELD — Monterey County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a body that was found in the Salinas Riverbed near Greenfield on Sunday. At about 9:40 a.m....