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February 25, 2026

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.

Worthy to Print Column | No Hurry to ā€˜Go Electric’

Have you been down to the local electric car dealership to compare the prices between gas and electric? If you haven’t, I might be able to save you a trip. The fancy looking Tesla runs in the neighborhood of $66,000. There are cheaper ones;...

Funny Papers Again Column | Meet Kevin and Malcolm: An Open Letter to Buyers

Steve Wilson
Dear Salinas Valley Fair Livestock Auction Buyers; Let me take a few lines to tell you about a young man named Kevin and his pig named Malcolm. I have lived next door to Kevin’s family for about a decade now and have always found them...

Letter to the Editor | Get the Shot, Not the Flu

To the Editor: As we enter the fall season, I would like to remind our community of the importance of protecting yourself, your loved ones and your neighbors by getting a flu shot. At Mee Memorial Healthcare System, our mission has always been to keep our...

Window on the World Column | The Sparkly Glasses

Lucy Jensen
On the occasion of my sister’s 50th birthday — were she still alive — I was up in San Francisco with my friend. I really struggled with the fact that sister should be celebrating her big milestone birthday with the world who loved her,...

Window on the World Column | Grandmas Gone Wild

With the world starting to reopen, we were hoping to have a bit of a newsie reunion. Several of us from the newspaper industry had remained friends over the years, enabled by the easiness of social media and genuine friendships that survived the test...

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Window on the World: Column by Lucy Jensen

Worthy to Print Column | Happy New Year

I won’t ask you about how your New Year is or will be. Shoot, I don’t think anyone is enjoying our holidays when you think about how many of our loved ones have been lost to the pandemic. I have told you that I came...

Funny Papers Again Column | Sadness and Gladness in Stormy Weather

ā€œIt must first be said that with increased residential and agricultural use and improved water management, flood concern is not what it was a few decades back.ā€ Regarding the above statement, if I can be forgiven for using baseball metaphors at the height of football...

Window on the World Column | The Golden Years

Lucy Jensen
After my most recent ranch accident when I smashed up my knee, forgot I was old and then started the long process of trying to heal several months later as I came to realize that my healing was going the unsuccessful way of old...
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