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November 24, 2024

Funny Papers Again Column | It Takes a City to Raze a Building (Or to Save One)

Steve Wilson
I was pedaling around Greenfield the other day and it is easy to see the great strides the city has made in adding family homes and apartments; new businesses spring up and older businesses are upgrading appearances. Then I got to the main intersection...

Worthy to Print Column | Letā€™s Go Truckinā€™

George Worthy
Did I ever tell you about my pickup? Oh, no need to reply. If I go one day without speaking about the ā€œGreen Machine,ā€ I start to get the shakes and Lorraine runs out of the room. Donā€™t get me wrong, she knew that...

Window on the World Column | Joining Other Olympians at the Pool

Lucy Jensen
ā€œI want that body!ā€ I said to the husband. We were watching the Olympic Swim Trials. Broad shoulders, muscles, I love it! Itā€™s that time of year when people are stripping down, displaying their body-beautiful to the world, heading to the ocean or a...

Funny Papers Again Column | America the Beautiful: From Sea to Shining Sea

Steve Wilson
As I get back into the swing of things here in South Valley, I want to offer up some random thoughts, or comments, garnered from notes taken over the past few weeks both here at home and on the road. The first observation is...

Worthy to Print Column | Happy Flag Day

George Worthy
I mean, you are not reading this on June 14, 2024, that is the real Flag Day. Well, not really. I mean it IS today, but you will be reading this after the fact. Due to the irregularities of the printing schedule, I have...

Window on the World Column | Go Dolphins!

Lucy Jensen
If you happen to be at the Soledad Pool (or, more correctly the Soledad-Mission Recreation District) at about 6 a.m., you will see Coach Tessa and her student athletes. Mostly I catch sight of them when I am racing in for water aerobics at...

Letter to the Editor | Making Your Energy System Safer and More Affordable

To the Editor: At PG&E, we recognize that like many goods and services, energy pricesā€Æare increasing. Those increases are helping build aā€Æsafe,ā€Æreliableā€Æand cleanā€Æenergy system toā€Æprotect you and your family and meetā€Æthe future energy needs of this community. For example, in the South Bay and Central Coast...

Funny Papers Again Column | Phase Two: Indian Territory to the Gulf Coast

Steve Wilson
(In this issue we continue with the journal of amateur travel writer Charles Bogle. Editors.) Oklahoma has for over 150 years been home to Native American tribes who were forced to leave the lands they had inhabited for thousands of years, and as we rolled...

Worthy to Print Column | It Could Happen to You

George Worthy
You know there are times in your life when bad things happen to you through the years that never leave you. Things that seem to never go away are forgotten when one finds love from his neighbors and family. I have to be honest....

Window on the World Column | A Letter to My Sister ā€” Part III

Lucy Jensen
ā€œDarling, darling, we have to stop! This is my cousinā€™s house!ā€ Car comes to a screeching halt, dust flying. We unload, remove our shoes at the door. Everyone sits in the family room. Boiling hot chai tea is produced in tiny glass cups with...

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Salinas Valley Police Reports | Published Nov. 13, 2024

Police Reports are obtained from the local police departments. KING CITY Oct. 1812:00 a.m. Traffic collision on N. Russ St.5:01 p.m. APS...