Tag: Opinion
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...
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...
Local News
Monterey County Government Center to reopen Tuesday
MONTEREY COUNTY — Monterey County Government Center at 168 W. Alisal St. in downtown Salinas will reopen for normal business operations Tuesday, Sept. 22,...
