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July 8, 2025

Worthy to Print Column | Proud to Be an American

It’s been over a year since we have been locked into our homes and out of our schools and restaurants. I hope by now you are armored up by the vaccine. Do you feel any safer? I don’t seem to feel any better as...

Guest Column | Greenfield’s Speech and Debate Program Deserves to be Treated Fairly

On Dec. 18, 2020, the Competitive Speech and Debate Program at Greenfield High School was canceled. By eliminating this program, the South Monterey County Joint Union High School District Board of Education is depriving students of critical college scholarship opportunities. Perhaps more disturbing are...

Letter to the Editor | The Rest of the Story

To the Editor: Mr. J.J. Burnes, thank you for your letter to the editor regarding Black history (ā€œBlack History,ā€ Feb. 24). The information on Mr. Bass Reeves, 1838-1910, the first Black American Deputy U.S. Marshal in Oklahoma Territory, was very informational. Let me be your Paul...

Window on the World Column | The Therapy of a Passion

Years ago, I’d never received the memo that you work for your life and not the other way around. Gradually as the grey hairs grew and the wisdom pearls hatched a little from dusty eggs of experience, I realized that most of us are...

Worthy to Print Column | Love Is a Wonderful Thing

Did you say, ā€œI love you!ā€ to anyone today? Or maybe someone said that to you. I ask because I’m curious about how you describe love. What do you mean when you say ā€œI love youā€? Do you love someone like I love my...

Letter to the Editor | The Path to a Better Future

To the Editor: I’d like to thank Estrella Cruz for her March 17 Letter to the Editor (ā€œBiden’s Immigration Billā€). She explained provisions of the U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021 that can potentially shift the focus of the immigration ā€œdebateā€ away from emotionally charged rhetoric...

Worthy to Print Column | The Things I Know

Have you ever been shot? Kind of a crazy question at the beginning, but I have a reason that I’ll tell you about. First, I want to tell you how I got into a situation that ended with a shot. I have told you...

Who will fulfill the vision of Cesar Chavez?

More than three decades ago, Cesar Chavez, founder of the first successful union for farmworkers, predicted a future in which the cities of California would be run by people who looked like him. ā€œHistory and inevitability are on our side,ā€ he said in one of his best-known...

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 didn’t get either virus. Result…...

Guest Column | National Doctors’ Day Recognizes Modern-Day Heroes

Many people view doctors as experts in the science of medicine, but there is an art to the practice as well. Underlying this art are the therapeutic, human-to-human relationships that doctors build with their patients. On March 30, Mee Memorial Healthcare System takes the time...

Local News

Salinas Valley Police Reports | Published July 2, 2025

Police Reports are obtained from the local police departments. SOLEDAD June 182:49 p.m. Traffic violation on Front St. June 199:36 a.m. Found property (gun magazine)...