Window on the World Column | The Marvel of a Vaccine
It was 2020 and, like a champ, I had the flu and the pneumonia vaccination in one foul swoop. It was recommended for us folks of a certain age. We weathered mild side effects from both shots, and I didnāt get either virus. Resultā¦...
Worthy to Print Column | Happy to Be Alive
Well I believe that I have seen the gates of hell. I even feel that I was on my way through those rusty jagged portals when I turned around and saw my wonderful wife who shooed away all the bad parts of my life...
Letters to the Editor for Week of May 17
South County Newspapers welcome Letters to the Editor of fewer than 400 words. Submit all letters with the writer's name and contact information to [email protected].
Worthy to Print Column | Are We Ready?
Well, this is a fine kerfuffle. I had already decided what and whom I would write about this week. I try to do that every week but occasionally I have to call or email and beg Ryan, our esteemed editor of all things printed,...
Funny Papers Again Column | On the Wings of Time Grief Flies Away
We all have what we nostalgically refer to as our āhometown,ā that place where we spent maybe not the most years of our lives but surely the years we recall with sharpest memory; and as decade follows decade the people and places we knew...
Window on the World Column: Forever is a very long time
What becomes of a broken heart? In the olden days, when romantic liaisons fell apart, ladies would return home quietly to lick their wounds in private, take care of elderly relatives, or forever wear black, in mourning for the life they had wanted and...
Funny Papers Again Column | One Volunteerās Thoughts on the Words of GBS
āThis is the true joy in life, being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one. Being a force of nature instead of a feverish, selfish little clod of ailments and grievances, complaining that the world will not devote itself to...
Funny Papers Again Column | āOpen, Sesame!ā Sez Me
I have before me a smattering of paper scraps with an odd accumulation of notes, which will, one hopes, render up a readable column. Also in front of me is the remnants of a very delicious barbecued chicken dinner offered up by King City...
Worthy to Print Column | Family Times and Traffic Woes
I have been working out of my house for the past few weeks, and like the promises of AT&T the entire internet has gotten to be very sporadic in reception. I was mumbling to myself when I was asked to go to the store...
Local News
Man suffers serious injuries in Soledad assault
SOLEDAD ā A man suffered significant facial injuries following an assault Thursday night in Soledad, according to the Soledad Police Department.
Police said officers responded...























