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Guest Opinion: PBS’ ā€˜Frontline’ missed the mark about our agricultural industry

Last week, PBS’s news program ā€œFrontlineā€ aired an episode about Covid-19’s devastating impact on the lives and health of farmworkers in Monterey County and meat packers in Kings County. The stories, voices and fears of our farmworkers are certainly important and must be heard by all...

Guest Column | The American Dream: How We Lost Our Way on Immigration

In 1986 I worked for California’s Employment Development Department, where I processed amnesty seekers under President Ronald Reagan’s landmark immigration reform law called Immigration and Control Act (IRCA). The Watsonville office reviewed documents proving that applicants had worked in the local farming economy for...

Letter to the Editor: Delightful Banners

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Worthy to Print Column | My Inspirations

George Worthy
Some of you must be wondering how I got such a high-paying job with such little experience. Well, since I have been doing this for a few years, I thought I would fill you in. It has been a long time since I begged...

Letters to the Editor | Published Sept. 26, 2018

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New Medicare help for people with chronic illness

Medicare column by Greg Dill

Guest Column | Remembering the Time King City Cross Country Made History

The year 2020 was not what I and many other seniors had anticipated. A lot more of the computer particularly, and a lot of what was the norm has just gone out the window. One thing I was personally looking forward to was King...

Funny Papers Again Column | Some Words on Plaques and Arts on This First Day of 2025

Steve Wilson
In elementary and high school, we used Mr. or Mrs. or Miss or Ms. or Coach, or in some cases Sister or Brother or Father, when addressing teachers; I suspect in most schools at that level it is still the case. Last summer I...

Guest Column | Monterey County Free Libraries’ 5 Things to Celebrate in March 2026

Library books reading
March is when spring officially begins with the Vernal Equinox on March 20 and we spring forward with our clocks on March 8. 1. At Monterey County Free Libraries, we highlight Women’s History Month in March and celebrate women authors with our Tuesday author posts...

Guest Column | Volunteerism Helps Stitch Together the Fabric That Binds the World

Rena Salamacha
ā€œLife’s most persistent and urgent question is, ā€˜What are you doing for others?ā€™ā€ Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., spoke these profound words to an audience in Montgomery, Ala., back in 1957 — and they still ring true today. We all have the power to...
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