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 open and I have tried to support them wherever possible. That trend continues in our house to this day.
If Luigiās...
Funny Papers Again Column | And a Good Time Was Had by All
Last Sunday one of the readers of this column listened, patiently I suspect, to my not uncommon lament of having a deadline in the near future and not a single word written, whereupon he responded that I say that every week and every week...
Guest Column | When Women Exit the Workforce, the Economy Pays the Price
Across the United States ā and around the world ā women are quietly exiting the workforce. Some leave abruptly after hostile workplace experiences. Others make a slower calculation: the wage gap is persistent, advancement feels blocked, caregiving support is absent and bias ā subtle...
Window on the World Column | The Dog Noodles and Other Sad Stories
Something just crept up inside my tiny brain and said, āOh, you have vacation coming up next month with a lot of moving parts. Maybe you should check on some of those pieces?ā I do listen these days when the female intuition kicks in,...
Guest Column | Transportation: Surviving 2020 with Hope and Resiliency
It would be an understatement to say that 2020 has been a difficult year. By all standards, our world seems to have been turned upside down. From the small things that we took for granted, to larger, more important things, like our relationships with...
Funny Papers Again Column | A Fading Miracle, an Outrage, and a Worthy Day
Have you ever been to Macyās? I mean THE Macyās, the flagship store on 34th Street on the island of Manhattan. A couple of decades ago, I had the opportunity to wander about New York Cityās boroughs, all but Staten Island, and of course...
Funny Papers Again Column | The Good, the (Not) Bad and the Ugly
I began this column at 4 a.m. last Thursday and expect to finish sometime in the next 84 hours or so, at which time my goal is to give a brief recitation of this past weekend. But first I want to talk about asphalt....
Funny Papers Again Column | The Last Goodbye Is the Hardest
When I began writing this weekās column I had it in my mind, and in my notes, to cover high school stage productions, local law armory and a couple other short pieces. But, as the old saying goes, āstuff happensā (paraphrased for publication) and...
Worthy to Print Column | All About the Benjamins
How are you doing? I mean, do you still wear your mask? Did you seriously see that the doctor that goes on TV wants us to wear three? The past few days are almost historic. Some folks from the surrounding areas of what we...
Adventure Abounds Column: Playing Fowl
Getting an oddball pet can be a great motivator, especially when it provides food for you as well as bug control and an endless supply of fertilizer for the garden.
I never thought Iād be one to raise a flock of fowl ever again in...
Local News
Salinas Valley Police Reports | Published April 1, 2026
Police Reports are obtained from the local police departments.
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Feb. 152:56 a.m. DUI on Oak Av.1:43 p.m. Disorderly conduct and probation violation on Walnut Av.4:58...























