Guest Column | Bridging the Path to Equity in Monterey Bay Amid National Uncertainty
In Californiaās Monterey Bay region, residents face overlapping challenges that are crucial to creating an inclusive, prosperous community. Good jobs, health, education, broadband, affordable housing, accessible transportation, and climate resilience are interconnected needs that must be addressed with urgency and purpose.
In the wake of...
Worthy to Print Column: Happy Anniversary
It appears that I have passed another milestone in my life. I have lived long enough to be with my wife for 32 years. I almost didnāt make it, but youāll see how it came out. Perhaps you too may recognize some of my...
Funny Papers Again Column | Personal Reactions to an Unanticipated Comment and an Anticipated Reunion
The first part of todayās Funny Papers Again column is an off-handed comment on the present politically charged situation, so if you are as fed up with anything even slightly political, just skip to below the three asterisks and read on.
In last weekās column,...
Window on the World Column | Reconnections
We last saw each other when we were quite young. She showed me photos of herself frozen in time in my childhood cottage. It was definitely her, but I had no memory of it. But thereās something about family ties that makes it not...
Funny Papers Again Column | Music, Music, Who Has the Music?
Many times, over the past five decades I drove between Southern California and the Salinas Valley on El Camino Real, aka the 101, and so am very acquainted with the stretch of asphalt from Santa Barbara to SoMoCo. Now, like motorists everywhere finding a...
Letter to the Editor | Protect Critical Funding to Safeguard Local Healthcare Services
To the Editor:
As the CEO of Mee Memorial Healthcare System (MMHS), I am writing to share an important concern that could have serious consequences for our hospital and clinics and the community we serve. There is growing discussion about potential cuts to Medicare and...
Letter to the Editor | Join the Resistance Locally
To the Editor:
Donald Trump was elected U.S. president by the narrowest margin in history, which he claims is a mandate.
His foreign relations policies are making enemies of former friends. His economic policies are devastating the economy. Likewise, his deportation policies are upending the agriculture,...
Window on the World Column | Bad Days, a New Book and Sailing Around the World
It was simply one of those days. A wake-up call that didnāt involve coffee or soft music, let alone the sound of little birds singing to herald the dawning of a new day. āThis is Bank of America. We have reason to believe that...
Funny Papers Again Column | America as Hostage: But Who Holds the Gun?
It is 3 a.m., this column will run Feb. 1, one week from this morning. According to statistics from 2020, by that date 868 people in the United States will have died from gun violence. Now that you see where this is heading, you...
Guest Column | Mee Memorial Observes Breast Cancer Awareness Month With Key Message to South County Women
In observance of Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October, Mee Memorial Healthcare System is educating South Monterey County residents about the disease and the potentially life-saving screening available locally.
Breast cancer can take years to develop, yet women rarely have symptoms in the early stages....



















