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May 29, 2026

Worthy to Print Column: Is It Over Yet?

Is it over yet? Can we come out of hiding? You would think that the winners and losers are not put into the same sentence. However, this election seems to have been going on since the last one. I’m not very old, so I...

Worthy to Print Column | Happy Birthday to Me

It appears as though His Highness has granted me another trip around the sun. I have a lot of trips at this point in my life. That’s OK though. As long as I’m here as long as Betty White, who shares a birthdate with...

Worthy to Print Column | Rock ’N’ Roll Forever

If you have been a reader of my scribbling, you are aware that I’m not a huge fan of the computer age. I use it often, but I sure hate to. It seems like I’m always having a problem with an assignment or order...

Window on the World Column: The Masked Truth

I had been looking forward to 2020. At Solace, we were going to be empty nesters for the first time ever, work seemed positive, we had lovely trips planned — places to go and people to see, both here and abroad. I’m not ordinarily...

Funny Papers Again Column | Variation of Three Dot Journalism

When I was a lad I read the San Francisco Examiner’s renown columnist Herb Caen, the inventor of Three Dot Journalism; a form this column ofttimes mimics. Caen wrote his column as a series of items separated by ellipses … the word is Greek...

Letters to the Editor for Week of July 26

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 | Growing Up in a War Zone

George Worthy
Veterans Day is the 11th day of November. If you see a veteran or love the way we live, just say ā€œThank you!ā€ Just remember, it’s because of veterans that we can live in a free country. The following is a continuing story of...

Letter to the Editor | Moral Courage Needed in Political Leadership

To the Editor: I have always been a strong advocate for separation of church and state, as established by the country’s founders in the U.S. Constitution. The demarcation between church and state is blurred by morality. Myth mingles with faith to bring images of Archangel Michael...

Funny Papers Again Column | A King City ā€˜Hello’ and a Greenfield ā€˜Goodbye’

Unless you have been living in a cave, you are probably aware that there is a rather large event looming on the horizon in the form of a class reunion; and not just a small one either. On Aug. 27 the King City Joint...

Funny Papers Again Column | Part II: Will the GOP Take Its True Place?

The fact that the United States of America has no officially sanctioned State Religion, but does in fact have a policy of separation of Church and State, means little to Mr. Trump who claims Christianity. A look at his family relations, his actions toward...

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CHP: Teen killed, two injured in River Road crash near Soledad

SOLEDAD — A 16-year-old girl from Soledad was killed and two drivers were seriously injured Thursday morning following a head-on crash on River Road...