Opinion

Here we are, another week or month of information that we have compiled as we go through the days and nights of life. Today I would like to mention a new member of my family. No, it’s not me nor is it any of...

November is a busy month! We change the clocks for Daylight Savings and begin to feel the transition from fall to winter. We also have many things to highlight and recognize. 1) In November we celebrate Native American Heritage Month and each week we will...

To the Editor: I submitted a letter to this paper published on April 2 (“Time for Action”). Please go back and read it. Now I will continue. Trump: End war in Ukraine on Day 1? Says he ended seven wars somewhere? Everything will be better? Everything...

“Ride the train, ride the train, anywhere I’m going I ride trains; sleepin’ in a boxcar in the rain, ride the train, ride the train.” That is the refrain of a song by southern rock group Alabama, just one of many American songs where...

California’s Central Coast and the broader statewide economy stand at the brink of a technological transformation driven by unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), commonly known as drones, and advanced air mobility (AAM) technologies, such as electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. These innovations, once...

As we all manage the implementation of our groundwater management sustainability plans in the next 15 years, there will be some hard choices that communities will need to make. Most of these will include financing various water supply solutions, such as resource projects, land...

I can only attribute it to wedding brain or, perhaps, the sad story of the lost memory. The last few weeks running up to my daughter’s wedding were borderline insane — the details, followed by more details, checks and rechecks, lists made and lost....

To the Editor: On Oct. 18, I joined millions of people across the country who stood, marched and held signs to show our love for democracy. My sign simply read “NO KINGS.” Others made me laugh — like “Aging Hippies Against Trump” — but one sign has...

A friend on an errand was heading up to Greenfield the other day and asked if I’d like to tag along, and because the town had been on my mind of late, I readily took her up on the offer. I was feeling a...

Every October, pink ribbons remind us to raise awareness about breast cancer. Awareness matters — but action is what saves lives. Breast cancer is among the most common cancers diagnosed in women across the United States. The good news is that when caught early, it...