Tag: Opinion
Letter to the Editor | Taking Care of Stanton Theater
To the Editor:
The Robert Stanton Theater (also known as the KCHS auditorium) was regarded as something of a dinosaur when I arrived in...
Worthy to Print Column | Do Your Own Research
I’m not a doctor. I don’t even play one on television. However, I have gained a little medical information lately about specific medical maladies...
Funny Papers Again Column | Row, Row, Row Your Boat Gently...
At the present moment I am, to put it poetically, “far from the madding crowd,” I don’t even know who is headed to the...
Worthy to Print Column | Just Write About It
I’m sure you remember that my bride and I invited her mother to come live with us. It was a very fortunate gesture on...
Window on the World Column | The Atmospheric River
I love this time of year, when the “storm window” opens, the water possibilities increase ten-fold and the population of our desiccated West Coast...
Funny Papers Again Column | KCHS Swag and Cringe: Kudos and...
What? You don’t know the present use of the words “swag” and “cringe”? Well, I didn’t either until I read it in context in...
Guest Column | Keeping Our Focus on Health, Safety
If you live in South Monterey County, you are among more than 60 million rural Americans. American Community Survey statistics show that Maine and...
Worthy to Print Column | 33 Years and Counting
Thirty-three years. I started to just put the numbers on the page, but no matter whether you spell it out or use the numbers,...
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...
Local News
Miss Salinas Valley Fair competition opens for 2026 applicants
SALINAS VALLEY — Salinas Valley Fair is now accepting applications for the 2026 Miss Salinas Valley Fair Competition, offering young women the chance to...
