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November 21, 2025

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Joanne's Got It: Column by Joanne Banuelos

Window on the World Column | Restoring to Her Former Glory

The love affair began back in the ’80s, as many love affairs do. There had been no specific run up to this particular affair, except, as he confessed, dolefully, ā€œI had a Corvette and we were a family of four.ā€ I thought it was...

Guest Column | Gonzales Voters to Decide on Half-Percent Sales Tax Increase for Local Improvements

In the November General Election, City of Gonzales voters will be asked to approve a one half-percent (0.5%) sales tax increase, which will increase the city’s local sales tax rate to 9.25%. It is important to know that Gonzales’ current 8.75% sales tax rate...

OPINION: Odds and ends

Local column by George Worthy

Worthy to Print Column | Won’t You Be My Neighbor?

George Worthy
Hello, Neighbors. A couple of things have happened the past couple of weeks that boggles the mind or at least in my mind anyway. Powerful things that snuck up on me and filled me with hope that our little town as well as our...

Worthy to Print Column | Make the Trip

What a month! There are so many things that have to be done during this month. Of course, if you live in Gonzales, you know this is the month that the whole town turns out to honor the men and women who gave their...

Worthy to Print Column | What Really Happened?

Hello! Have you seen any good movies lately? I ask that because I have been busy watching some films made a couple of years ago. They weren’t made by some fancy Hollywood director, but rather a few hidden cameras and a couple of shaky...

Window on the World Column | The Year of Our Content

When I worked in the newspaper industry, the obituary page was allegedly the paper’s most popular page, which, in my younger years, I found a little curious. Now I am — ahem — a little less young, I totally get it. These days I...

Guest Column | A Life-Saving Test and a New Chapter in Women’s Health at Mee Memorial Healthcare System

Mee Memorial Healthcare System Rena Salamacha
Every October, pink ribbons remind us to raise awareness about breast cancer. Awareness matters — but action is what saves lives. Breast cancer is among the most common cancers diagnosed in women across the United States. The good news is that when caught early, it...

Guest Column | Food Security is Critical to Economic and National Security on California’s Central Coast

The agricultural stretch of California’s Central Coast along the Salinas Valley is often called the ā€œSalad Bowl of the World,ā€ and for good reason. It supplies over 60% of the nation’s lettuce and substantial portions of strawberries, spinach and broccoli. But beyond the fertile...

Local News

Miniature horse

Miniature horse ā€˜Cookie’ sworn in as honorary community ambassador

MONTEREY COUNTY — Monterey County Sheriff’s Office has announced that ā€œCookie,ā€ a 15-year-old miniature horse who survived severe neglect and was rescued from a...