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July 18, 2025

Window on the World Column | Precious Lives

Downtown Soledad on a Saturday can be a bustling little place. People’s comings and goings to the hardware store, the barber or the pharmacy. Getting an ice cream or some Mexican food for the family. Normal life is slowly returning. I had a mission...

Worthy to Print Column | A Crying Shame

I don’t know if I have ever told you how much I hate seeing or hearing someone crying. I don’t mean to tell you that crying is bad, it’s just the only thing I can say without blinking that I absolutely hate. It’s not...

Window on the World Column | Busy People

Busy people stay busy. And not much alters with time, despite your best efforts to spend more time relaxing at home with a novel, or … ahem … working on your own novel. As many of you know, I have been trying to work on...

Guest Column | Volunteers Strengthen Our Communities

April 18-24 is National Volunteer Week, an opportunity to recognize the impact of volunteer service and the power of kind, compassionate people to strengthen and transform communities. Our volunteers within Mee Memorial Healthcare System never cease to amaze me. They lend their time, their talent...

Funny Papers Again Column | Give My Regards to Broadway

When a recent local issue arose that struck a chord with my muse, I decided to send off a letter to the editor and opine about that issue, as I am a strong believer in the open forum offered by print media and have...

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...

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Scammers are targeting PG&E customers at an alarming rate

CENTRAL COAST — Utility scams have continued at an alarming rate during 2025, with Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) customers reporting over $190,000...