Opinion

Worthy to Print: Column by George Worthy

What a week in the Salinas Valley! First, I want to mention the service for Francis Rubbo held last week at Eden Valley in Soledad. I bring this up first as it was a very sweet and solemn ceremony. As Commander of the American...

When Sen. Anna Caballero was in King City recently, she presented a check of $400,000 to City Manager Steve Adams and Recreation Coordinator Andrea Wasson and cut the ribbon on the newly acquired ladder fire truck, which officially put the rig on active duty....

Liar, liar, pants on fire! Have you ever heard those biting words as a child? Maybe it was just a schoolyard taunt by someone you didn’t get along with. Perhaps it was a case of “The dog ate my homework.” And your teacher was...

I’ve no idea where the term “bucket list” came from because it makes absolutely no sense. Fortunately, everyone understands what it is. Most of us of a certain age have such a thing — a checklist of sorts for our bucket — places we...

Crossing Nevada is similar to my memory of crossing Texas. It goes on forever. And just when you think it has to end, it carries on. Acres of mining, solar panels and corrections. Electricity poles line the freeway for miles, as if there were...

To the Editor: About this time each year our national media will start reminiscing about the assassination of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy. And like others, I remember exactly where I was and what I was doing when I heard what happened on the streets of...

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...