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January 28, 2026

Window on the World Column | Summer Travel Woes 2022

I am a British Citizen, born in Aldeburgh, Suffolk, in 1963. I have lived in the USA since 1988 and have been a dual national and dual passport holder since 2003 without incident. I have always felt safer traveling the world with two passports,...

Worthy to Print Column | The Bonds of Brotherhood

I woke up the other day to my phone making sounds that announce a new text had come in since I last checked. I usually turn my phone off at night. I have never got a good result if it is a nighttime call,...

Funny Papers Again Column | A Long Look Back: A Senior’s Prerogative

Steve Wilson
For those of us with multiple decades behind us as we continue our personal journeys toward some inevitable end, it seems the compulsion increases to reminisce about the time known as the Holiday Season. Or maybe it is just me. How the marked days at...

Sometimes it can get pretty fun here

Local column by Joanne Banuelos

Window on the World Column | The Ever-Changing Market

Real estate is not for the faint of heart. I think most of us who have been in the business for a while would agree that it takes quite a measure of grit and determination to navigate our industry for any period of time...

Worthy to Print Column | To Those Who Inspire

George Worthy
One of the best things about writing for this periodical is the trip I often take as I try to find a subject that might peak your interest. Take last week, when I wrote the column, I was just trying to remember some of...

Opinion | Let’s have a party

Worthy to Print | Column by George Worthy

Guest Column | Protecting Migrant Education Is a Moral Imperative for America’s Farmworker Children

At the heart of California’s $59 billion agricultural industry are the hardworking migrant farmworkers who harvest the food that feeds our nation. Their labor sustains our economy, but their children, who face extraordinary educational barriers due to the migratory nature of their parents’ work,...

Funny Papers Again Column | Three Mile Flat, Clark Colony and Greenfield All on One Corner Lot

Steve Wilson
I stopped by a section of land the other day and let my mind’s eye roll back over the years to a time when that corner piece was a half a block down the alley from where my family lived for the last nine...

Funny Papers Again Column | An Honorable Opportunity for Greenfield Students

I remember when the wall speaker above Mr. Spears desk made that squawking, scratchy noise it made just before a voice came over and said ā€œMr. Spears, please send Steve Wilson to the office.ā€ Great, now what? The ā€œofficeā€ was of course the office of...

Local News

California Highway Patrol (CHP)

CHP highlights public safety laws taking effect in 2026

CALIFORNIA — California Highway Patrol (CHP) is highlighting new public safety laws passed during this year’s legislative session and signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom....