Tag: Opinion
Worthy to Print Column | Music, the Great Unifier
You know, it is tough to find good music. When was the last time you were serenaded by a professional artist? Yesterday, my beautiful...
Window on the World Column | TAILS in Soledad — Part...
There is no doubt, when you look around the room of trainers and trainees that this is a perfectly symbiotic relationship of the incarcerated...
Guest Column | Federal Policies Will Cripple Regional Economy
There is no doubt that the agriculture industry dominates the Monterey Bay region. Agriculture generates a substantial portion of direct economic output, and has a...
Guest Column | A Call to Action for Heart Health
Every February, the nation comes together to recognize American Heart Month, a time dedicated to raising awareness about heart disease.
It’s essential to be aware...
Window on the World Column | TAILS in Soledad — Part...
The inmate trainers at CTF explained to me that dogs in the TAILS program are immediately crate trained when they arrive in the facility...
Funny Papers Again Column | Some Rants and Raves Both Good...
I often tell people how difficult it can be to put 1,000 words together every week with the expectation those words will somehow make...
Worthy to Print Column | The Care and Training of a...
You have to admit, I haven’t glorified the actions of those that would like to see us at the bottom of the ocean. However,...
Window on the World Column | TAILS in Soledad — Part...
Driving into the Correctional Training Facility at Soledad and you are reminded of how a secure institution can be. Acres of barren land, no...
Funny Papers Again Column | Not Feeling Grounded? Go Barefootin’ and...
No matter how I may wish to deny I am old, at two years and seven decades it is nonetheless a fact and, having...
Worthy to Print Column | Saying Goodbye to a Legend —...
They say that the “Good Die Young.” I don’t know about all of the young, but I do know that there is one young man...
Local News
Blue Zones Project hosts community walk in Gonzales
GONZALES — Nearly 40 Gonzales residents participated in last Wednesday’s Blue Zones Project community walk that started at Central Park.
Walkers began the activity with...
