Letter to the Editor | Covid-19 Evolution and Steps Toward Prevention
To the Editor:
I am Holden, a biology student at Cal State University, Monterey Bay. I am writing on behalf of residents in Monterey County to raise awareness of the current ongoing threat posed to public health by evolving SARS-CoV-2 variants.
In my community, I believe...
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,...
Window on the World Column | The Staples of Life
āDo you have to put those in?ā I enquired of the medical expert, when he was trying to explain the procedure to me. āYes, they are the best!ā he replied.
āSurely there is a less tortuous way to achieve the same end?ā I continued, only...
Window on the World Column | Restoring to Her Former Glory
The love affair began back in the ā80s, as many love affairs do. There had been no specific run up to this particular affair, except, as he confessed, dolefully, āI had a Corvette and we were a family of four.ā I thought it was...
Funny Papers Again Column | Monday Countdown: 6 Hrs. 39 Min. To Deadline
The past couple of weeks were filled with One Thing or Another and now I find myself in a predicament of words, one thousand of them to be exact. This happens to all of us once in a while, and whether it is This...
Worthy to Print Column | Love of the Ocean
My wife is pretty much the center of my life. She is constantly giving me gifts of items that I may have mentioned in a casual conversation weeks or even months ago. Oftentimes it is a great surprise and something that I would treasure...
Guest Review | Captivating Performances Shine in āThe Hunchback of Notre Dameā at The Western Stage
The Hunchback tolling the bells of the ancient cathedral of Notre Dame is an image of timeless appeal. Salinas citizens will want to catch the current local iteration of Victor Hugoās tale, āThe Hunchback of Notre Dame,ā on The Western Stage at Hartnell College.
This...
Window on the World Column | You Are Not a Tree…
I saw this line on social media and I loved it so much. Too many people in the free world complain about where they live, banter on about what they donāt care for in that place ā the politics, the weather, the terrain or...
Funny Papers Again Column | Just the Facts, Maāam
āFacts you wish were true. The news.ā That line was uttered by a comedian, donāt ask me the name because I rarely recall anything about comics other than their genders, but it smacks of graveyard humor. And that is true of much of the...
Local News
Gonzales man arrested on suspicion of murder after 911 call
GONZALES ā A 66-year-old Gonzales man was arrested on suspicion of murder Friday night after calling 911 to report that his wife was bleeding,...























