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December 2, 2025

Guest Column | Goodwill Central Coast to Give Away Hundreds of Backpacks to Local Students

Goodwill’s goal has always been to strengthen communities by eliminating barriers to opportunity and employment — and education has long been the foundation of those efforts. That’s why Goodwill Central Coast does everything it can to support local schools and the amazing teachers who lead...

Funny Papers Again Column | Some Old and New on a Sweep Through South County

I ventured up to Greenfield the other day with the intent of doing a quick scan of Oak Avenue and El Camino Real where sits, on the northwest corner, the old Ioppini Building, or the Beyer Building, or The Economy Market — old-timers take...

Funny Papers Again Column | Will America’s Past Dictate America’s Future?

We have just celebrated this country’s 246th birthday, a new country born with the words ā€œWe the people of the United States of America ā€¦ā€; this was the first time the name appeared to the world. This new country was democratically governed, economically capitalistic...

Worthy to Print | Home stretch

In just a few weeks, I’ll have to come up with a new excuse to keep from doing any chores around the house. I know you have heard this before, but this is my last semester (I hope) at school. The way it is...

Letters to the Editor for Week of July 26

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].

Worthy to Print Column: They can do it

When I was a young man — oh, about 12 — I wondered why we even had to go to school. I got along with all my classmates and even liked my teacher, but on a day when the sun was out and the...

Funny Papers Again Column | If Grandma and Peter Did It, Why Not Me?

Steve Wilson
I have for many years been a reader of biographies, a habit I got into way back in the early 1960s after my parents purchased a set of encyclopedia, which included a series of biographies of famous Americans, one a month for a year....

Worthy to Print Column | Kicking Up Your Heels — Not

George Worthy
I believe that if you didn’t have a good time these past couple of weekends, you must have been hiding. Our weekend started off having a great time and seeing friends that have been out of our usual destination. Let’s start out with a...

Worthy to Print Column | My Inspirations

Some of you must be wondering how I got such a high-paying job with such little experience. Well, since I have been doing this for a few years, I thought I would fill you in. It has been a long time since I begged...

Worthy to Print Column | A Memorable Ride

Well, here is hoping your Fourth of July was a good one. Nobody got hurt or burned playing with legal or illegal fireworks. We used to buy a bunch of sparkling showers or whistles that could raise the dead from one or another nonprofit...

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...