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February 10, 2026

Guest Column | Don’t Forget to Enjoy the Great Outdoors

While home confinement kept us safe during the worst of the pandemic, good health always begins with a regular routine of physical activity. The evidence is quite clear: Those who keep active demonstrate a decreased risk of chronic diseases and a more positive outlook...

Funny Papers Again Column | If I Were King

We don’t have kings in the United States of America; yet how many of us have at one time or other wished we had ultimate authoritarian power? Remember, even the Cowardly Lion wanted to be ā€œNot queen, not duke, not princeā€ but ā€œKing of...

Letter to the Editor | Making Your Energy System Safer and More Affordable

To the Editor: At PG&E, we recognize that like many goods and services, energy prices are increasing. Those increases are helping build a safe, reliable and clean energy system to protect you and your family and meet the future energy needs of this community. For example, in the South Bay and Central Coast...

Funny Papers Again Column | Of Dominating News Cycles and a Cowed Press

Steve Wilson
It was the longest gun battle in the history of the Secret Service. At the end of the 40-second firefight, 27 shots had been exchanged with an assassin and a police officer lay dead while a second assassin and two police officers and one...

Worthy to Print Column | Produce by George

George Worthy
They are ganging up on me as I sit here each week trying to bring something to this column that will capture your attention. I keep trying to find a way to start what I hope will, if not entertain, at least peak your...

Funny Papers Again Column | My Bookish Ways During These Triple-Digit Days

Steve Wilson
Today is day 192 of the year, 10 days past the midway point on the Gregorian calendar; there are 173 days remaining in the year 2024. These days mark the season of the Sun, summer is upon us in all its scorching beauty and...

Funny Papers Again Column | The Wild Winds Usher in Pyotr Ilych and Walter Ted

It was almost exactly one o’clock in the afternoon on the first day of April when the window blinds in the studio began to move and that was the first indication that the Valley winds have once again arrived for their annual blow. It...

Window on the World Column | Home for the Holidays

Lucy Jensen
There is perhaps no better sound in the world than that of a familiar wave slapping against a familiar beach. I was born and grew up with that sound on the East Coast of England. When I return to my source, it is almost...

Letter to the Editor | Still Seeking Justice for Our Son

To the Editor: May 4, 2004, was the day our lives changed forever. That was the day we found our son, Ricky, murdered. Anyone who loved Ricky will never recover from that horrible day. His sons had to grow up without their father; Ricky’s brother and...

Worthy to Print Column | Music, the Great Unifier

George Worthy
You know, it is tough to find good music. When was the last time you were serenaded by a professional artist? Yesterday, my beautiful bride surprised me with a serenade at the Golden State Theater over in Monterey. The star of the show was...

Local News

Salinas Valley Police Reports | Published Feb. 4, 2026

Police Reports are obtained from the local police departments. KING CITY Dec. 163:30 p.m. Burglary on Broadway St.4:38 p.m. Hit-and-Run on N. San Lorenzo Av. Dec. 175:30...