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Worthy to Print Column | Coming Home Early to See Dad

Did you have a good Father’s Day this weekend? I think this was just about the best Father’s Day I have had in awhile. Of course I say that every year. They always seem to find a gift that I didn’t even know I...

Guest Column | It’s National Get Organized Month — The Perfect Time to Remove Clutter and Chaos

The new year offers a blank slate — an opportunity to set things right, to change course and accomplish our goals. When we set New Year's resolutions, we are utilizing a very important concept called self-efficacy, which means that by virtue of aspiring to...

Worthy to Print Column | And So It Continues…

George Worthy
I want to take a moment of your time to tell you how much I have enjoyed writing of my life and my thoughts. I guess there are many reasons a person would do this. I was not sure if anyone would care about...

Funny Papers Again Column | Oklahoma City to the Big Apple: How Many More Memorials Will We Need?

Steve Wilson
One late afternoon some years ago I stood among rows of uniformly sized brass markers placed with military precision in the grass at the Riverside National Cemetery. At my feet was my father’s marker, and this was my annual pilgrimage to his final resting...

Adventure Abounds Column | Adapting in Place

I’m excited to announce Sol Treasures is hosting a gallery of my photojournalism, and a meet the artist evening will happen this Friday from 5 to 7 p.m. The exhibit is titled, ā€œThrough the Lens, Adapting in Place,ā€ and covers how the residents of...

Funny Papers Again Column | Donate Yourself and Be a Volunteer

The definition of the word ā€œvolunteer,ā€ according to the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary, is a person who does a job without being paid for it. That’s pretty straightforward, but in my opinion it falls a bit short of the mark; if one takes the...

Letters to the Editor | Published Nov. 20, 2019

Editor's Note: We welcome Letters to the Editor of local and general interest to our readers. Letters should be typed and include the writer’s first and last name, home address and phone number for verification. No anonymous letters will be printed. Letters may be edited...

Letter to the Editor | Friday Honks for Justice

To the Editor: If you drive by the Welcome sign where Highway 101 meets King City on any Friday afternoon, you will see sign-carrying citizens asking for honks. Honks to stop the rule of tyrants, honks for peace, honks for the children. Every week, the reason...

Funny Papers Again Column | The Twelfth Month and Its Celebrations Around the World

Steve Wilson
For those who do not recall Funny Papers Again of two weeks ago, it was about Christmas and so I had done some research about December celebrations, but due to word allotment it was omitted because I went on, some would say, on and...

Window on the World Column: The navigation of grief

It has been two years since my baby sister Rosie passed on to another planet. When some say that spirits fly close to the ground, I have found that to be true, also that they don’t fly in the conventional sense. Sister seems to...

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Nonprofit healthcare provider agrees to pay $750K to resolve allegations involving...

MONTEREY COUNTY — Salud Para La Gente, a nonprofit network of primary care clinics serving low-income individuals and families in Santa Cruz and Monterey...