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November 4, 2025

Worthy to Print Column | ā€˜What Did You Do During the War, Daddy?’

George Worthy
My boys asked me that after we had been living in Gonzales for a while. When I mentioned in a earlier column that we used to play in the culvert on Fanoe Road, we would take our dog Beaujee and walk down the bottom...

Letter to the Editor | Prioritize Diplomacy for Lasting Peace in the Middle East

Letter to the Editor
To the Editor: As ongoing conflicts in the Middle East continue to damage communities and destabilize the region, we have to reinforce our commitment to achieving peace through diplomacy and collaboration. It is time for an intense attempt to stop the cycle of bloodshed and...

Funny Papers Again Column | Another Last, and Hard, Final Goodbye

Steve Wilson
ā€œIt was not my intention to end the column as it ended. But a call minutes ago informs me my life-long friend Stephen Carl Clark has passed away down in Mexico. For many years there were three of us who kept close since kindergarten;...

Worthy to Print Column | Gonzales Continues to Shine

George Worthy
To be honest, I had to sit down and figure out how long ago I moved my family to Gonzales. I’m not going to guess, as I know it has been at least 30 years or more. I loved this town as soon as...

Window on the World Column | In the Bleak Midwinter

Lucy Jensen
About this time of year — February blending into March — I can get really sick and tired of winter. Folks back home might have a chortle at that; because, yeah, I know, we don’t really have ā€œwinterā€ per se in our neck of...

Funny Papers Again Column | Motorcycle Mayhem: Part Two

Steve Wilson
I don’t know how the whole thing began, but it happened on Thanksgiving Day of 1969. My friend Dennis was a motorcycle rider, and for one reason or other I was going to ride one of his smaller bikes from Point A to Point...

Worthy to Print Column | The Gift of Poetry

George Worthy
Last evening I walked out to my mailbox to check and see if I had any mail. I didn’t, but something better was given to me. My neighbor was playing some music while he played with his children. It was really cool listening to...

Guest Column | Healthy Habits Create Healthy Families

Rena Salamacha
March is National Nutrition Month, an excellent time to examine your eating habits and make small incremental changes that will positively impact your health for the long term. We all know that life can be busy and stressful at times. It’s easy to fall into...

Funny Papers Again Column | Part One: A Story of Motorcycle Mayhem

Steve Wilson
Here is a little story about one little incident back in my days of riding motorized two-wheeled transports, also known as motorcycles. Like many of my stories, this one takes place in Greenfield back in the halcyon days of teenhood. (Hey, if there can...

Worthy to Print Column | And Then There Was One

George Worthy
So I’m sitting in my favorite chair lacing up my tennis shoes when the phone rings. I’m only a little concerned because Lorraine pays all the bills and she has not advised me that we are in trouble. I look at the phone only...

Local News

Salinas Valley Police Reports | Published Oct. 29, 2025

Police Reports are obtained from the local police departments. KING CITY Oct. 27:52 a.m. Traffic collision on S. 1st St.11:43 a.m. CPS report on Amherst Dr. Oct....