Letter to the Editor | CiclovĆa Is a Reminder to Share the Roads
To the Editor:
Greenfield was the latest of the South Monterey County cities to hold a CiclovĆa event on June 26. El Camino Real was closed off to allow pedestrians, cyclists and skaters the ability to move freely without the interruption of cars and participate...
Worthy to Print Column | History Is Repeating Itself
If you fail to study history, you are bound to repeat it. I donāt know where I read that. Maybe I didnāt, but it sure seems appropriate to today. The senile guy that we have to call president has seen fit to replay the...
Funny Papers Again Column | From Loop to Loop: Roads We Once Drove
Funny how the mind works. Today I was blankly sitting in front of my laptop with no idea what to write about, tuned to KCBX, the local NPR radio station, when a report from Chicago mentioned the famous circular downtown roadway known as the...
Letter to the Editor | Bidenās Immigration Bill
To the Editor:
The U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021, which is an eight-year plan to citizenship, was revealed by Democrats on Capitol Hill. This bill would apply to roughly 11 million migrants who are currently living in the United States without legal status.
This citizenship would...
Worthy to Print Column | The Good Old Days
I had an occasion this week to walk across town. My roommate reminded me that she had walked our best friend, Ranger, for the past couple of days and she would appreciate some assistance. She was pretty busy today working with the American Legion...
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 canāt tell you how much this tax is going to be, but you can be sure that the...
Worthy to Print Column | Storage and Music Memories
This has been a good week for cleaning out the old storage bin and start throwing away things that have been sent there to molder away. Of course they donāt just go away by themselves, so the city will be having a citywide garage...
Worthy to Print Column | Another Day in Paradise
How was your week? Mine was pretty great. Shoot, it should have been. After all, I was turning 80, and if you canāt have a good time on your 80th birthday, when are you going to have fun?
Like most good things that happen to...
Worthy to Print Column | Decisions, Decisions
Do you have grandchildren? I am blessed with two wonderful grandchildren and one great-grandson. I love it when they come over and I can dazzle them with my stories of where I have been and what I have done. I also keep a little...
Local News
Jury convicts Salinas Valley State Prison inmate for possessing weapon while...
SOLEDAD ā A Monterey County jury has convicted Paul Chavez Ramirez, 61, an inmate serving a life sentence at Salinas Valley State Prison in...























