Worthy to Print Column: Is It Over Yet?
Is it over yet? Can we come out of hiding? You would think that the winners and losers are not put into the same sentence. However, this election seems to have been going on since the last one. Iām not very old, so I...
Letter to the Editor: Making Improvements to King City
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Letter to the Editor | Tales of the Baddies
To the Editor:
We much enjoyed Steve Wilsonās column about gangsters he has known ā or at least, thought about (āWords From One Bad Guy to Another,ā June 29). Itās exciting to review the daring exploits of these cunning reprobates and satisfying when the sheriff...
King City working on community clean energy program
The City Council recently took the first step in an effort that could potentially make King City a future leader of local clean energy production.
Window on the World Column | A Year With Foster Cats
As I may have mentioned before, social media is really good for animal stuff ā not so great with some of the other. Just over a year ago, I see a posting that has been shared and shared. This family is in the Bay...
Guest Column | King Cityās Efforts to Address Youth Violence
A major priority of the City of King is to end youth violence. In 2016, a community task force developed the Cityās Comprehensive Plan to End Youth violence. The plan was implemented in 2017 and shootings decreased from 64 during the period of 2015...
Guest Column | Volunteerism and Community Spirit Are the Cornerstones of South Monterey County Healthcare
How do you kickstart a quality healthcare system in a small agricultural town during one of the worst economic slumps in American history? Philanthropy and volunteerism, thatās how.
King City opened the areaās first full-fledged hospital in 1941, with 22 beds in a single-story building...
Funny Papers Again Column | On the Wings of Time Grief Flies Away
We all have what we nostalgically refer to as our āhometown,ā that place where we spent maybe not the most years of our lives but surely the years we recall with sharpest memory; and as decade follows decade the people and places we knew...
Window on the World | Finding Bruno
There are so many āHelp! My dog is missingā posts on Facebook these days, it makes you wonder if all the local dog owners just leave their gates open and hope that their pooch makes it home in time for dinner of an evening....
Window on the World Column | Her Fourth Anniversary
Even as I am feeling sad inside my head, louder I hear her voice ⦠āOh for crying out loud, sisterā or words to that effect. āItās been blooming four years! Time to let me go and think about more interesting things.ā I wish...





















