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December 2, 2025

Guest Column | Healthy Habits Create Healthy Families

Rena Salamacha
March is National Nutrition Month, an excellent time to examine your eating habits and make small incremental changes that will positively impact your health for the long term. We all know that life can be busy and stressful at times. It’s easy to fall into...

Worthy to Print Column | God Bless America

So here we are again, another week of political intrigue. The State of California or maybe the Federal Government has come up with another tax. I can’t tell you how much this tax is going to be, but you can be sure that the...

Guest Column | CSU Monterey Bay Earns Carnegie ā€˜Research College’ Classification for Research Excellence

The Carnegie Classification is a leading framework for recognizing the diversity of U.S. higher education institutions. Last fall, the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching updated the framework of classifications and now includes a new category — ā€œResearch Colleges and Universitiesā€ — which...

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 also suffer from PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder). I am one of the lucky ones. I found someone who understands...

Window on the World Column | No Need to Quarantine Here

It seemed as if it should be simple enough. Used to be that way. I wanted to go to my hometown of my home country and sprinkle the ashes of my oldest friend’s mother on the sea wall, where we used to hang out...

Letters to the Editor for Week of June 21

South County Newspapers welcome Letters to the Editor of fewer than 400 words. Submit all letters with the writer's name and contact information to [email protected].

Letters to the Editor | Published Sept. 19, 2018

Letters to the Editor | Published Sept. 19, 2018

Letter to the Editor | Prioritize Diplomacy for Lasting Peace in the Middle East

Letter to the Editor
To the Editor: As ongoing conflicts in the Middle East continue to damage communities and destabilize the region, we have to reinforce our commitment to achieving peace through diplomacy and collaboration. It is time for an intense attempt to stop the cycle of bloodshed and...

Funny Papers Again Column | We All Lose When Fear Rules the Day

Steve Wilson
OK, so I’m 21 years old and I’m driving this flatbed dooley along the horseshoe canal and two guys come running toward me frantically waving their arms, and because I know these young men, I stop the vehicle. Good opening sentence, huh? Let me...

Funny Papers Again Column | A Closed Park Has No Spark

This week’s headline is bit light-hearted, I thought it would help ease you folks into helping out with a situation here in Salinas Valley that for many is not a light subject at all. I am talking about the long closure of San Lorenzo...

Local News

Salinas Valley Police Reports | Published Nov. 26, 2025

Police Reports are obtained from the local police departments. SOLEDAD Nov. 1712:16 a.m. Misconduct on San Gabriel.6:36 a.m. Property report on West St.9:40 p.m. Property damage...