Worthy to Print Column | āCheersā to Kindness
āMaking your way in the world today takes everything youāve got, taking a break from all your worries sure would help a lot. Wouldnāt you like to get away? Sometimes you want to go, where everybody knows your name, and they are always glad...
Worthy to Print Column | Got Stuff ā and More Stuff
I woke up this morning and I tripped over my camera gear. Iām sure God will forgive me for the words I muttered out loud. Lorraine doesnāt like clutter, but sometimes we leave things in the wrong place. I keep telling myself Iām going...
Window on the World Column | Joining Other Olympians at the Pool
āI want that body!ā I said to the husband. We were watching the Olympic Swim Trials. Broad shoulders, muscles, I love it! Itās that time of year when people are stripping down, displaying their body-beautiful to the world, heading to the ocean or a...
Funny Papers Again Column | Golf Program for Local Youth Hits a Hole-In-One
I do not know much about the game of golf. Not sure even if golf is referred to as a game, or a sport or a hobby or what. What I can see about the game, let us stick with game, is that a...
Guest Column | Transportation: Surviving 2020 with Hope and Resiliency
It would be an understatement to say that 2020 has been a difficult year. By all standards, our world seems to have been turned upside down. From the small things that we took for granted, to larger, more important things, like our relationships with...
Worthy to Print Column: Is Everything All Right?
Is everything OK? I mean no one has gone bonkers about having to stay inside? Of course there are a lot of things not getting done since we canāt do a lot of the things we took for granted getting done. My youngest said...
Window on the World Column | My Big Birthday
It was likely about half a century since I had even paused at the bend of that place. It was created as a playground in the 1920s by Ogilvie, a Scottish barrister, this watery wonderland boating lake, which was inspired by his friend JM...
Funny Papers Again Column | Youngsters on Stage and Field Always a Welcome Sight
I was very pleased with myself after hammering out a column well before the deadline with only one more proofreading before I sent it off to Ryan well in time for him to do his magic to make it ready for Wednesday publication. It...
Funny Papers Again Column | Hello Cousin… And Cousin… And Cousin…
My landlord/roommate here in King City has a book that details the genealogy of early families in South Monterey County. He is a cousin in the Grab-Eade-Bengard-Copley clan and that makes for a fair number of cousins at all levels: first, second, third and...
Funny Papers Again Column | It Was Convivial on the Alluvial
Some years back there was a fellow in Greenfield who owned an airplane, and as I had no qualms about flying in a small craft, there were many occasions to see the Valley and surrounding areas from aloft. Because I spent the first 19...
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Salinas Valley Police Reports | Published Jan. 28, 2026
Police Reports are obtained from the local police departments.
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Dec. 97:49 a.m. Possession of open container in public on Broadway St.8:05 a.m. Possession of...























