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February 16, 2026

Funny Papers Again Column | An Honorable Opportunity for Greenfield Students

I remember when the wall speaker above Mr. Spears desk made that squawking, scratchy noise it made just before a voice came over and said ā€œMr. Spears, please send Steve Wilson to the office.ā€ Great, now what? The ā€œofficeā€ was of course the office of...

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.

OPINION: There is freedom from fear

Local column by Joanne Banuelos

Hitting the ground running

Hello again, dear reader! It’s been the better part of a decade since I was a member of the South County Newspapers crew (now known as New SV Media). I’m happy to return to writing about and photographing the many events and stories of SoMoCo. Those of you...

Window on the World Column | The Adventures of Nugget

Lucy Jensen
I returned from my trip to Europe, and nothing was quite as it should be. Somehow the way I do my ranch and the way he does the ranch are quite different. He is what I call a minimalist and I imagine he calls...

Window on the World Column | Make the Time

Lucy Jensen
Now my father is up in years — a babe from 1929 no less — I do try to give him more of my time. Even though I live in California, and he lives on the Isle of Man, a journey of several thousand...

Window on the World Column: A week of firsts

I’ve been digging rather deeply recently to try and find the good stuff in the world. I’m sure I’m not the only person to say that life is currently pretty tough. Coupled with my husband’s illness and our financial stress, the wide open spaces...

Window on the World Column | Rosie’s Birthday

Lucy Jensen
I’m not great with anniversaries, birthdays and the like. When I say I’m not great, what that means is that I have an incredible memory for what can be difficult days in the annual calendar. Days like my sister’s birthday. ā€œForever 48,ā€ I wrote...

Worthy to Print Column | Riding in the Pickup

You know, living in the Salinas Valley is a pretty cool place to live. Except for the rain we have been enjoying lately, it is very much like the valley I grew up in. Well, maybe not as cool. In the summer we could...

Guest Column | New Year Could Mean a New You Through ā€˜Fresh Start Effect’

Rena Salamacha
For many of us, the new year represents a fresh start, and that is a concept that holds a lot of power. Hitting our internal ā€œresetā€ button on Jan. 1 gives us the mental clarity and internal incentive to put our best foot forward...
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