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December 29, 2025

Funny Papers Again Column | Motorcycle Mayhem: Part Two

Steve Wilson
I don’t know how the whole thing began, but it happened on Thanksgiving Day of 1969. My friend Dennis was a motorcycle rider, and for one reason or other I was going to ride one of his smaller bikes from Point A to Point...

Funny Papers Again Column | To the Two NCs: Come Get Me

This is notice to Ronna and Jaime: Hit me with your best shots; convince me with actions not words. In fact, now that I look at that sentence, I will change ā€œnoticeā€ to ā€œchallengeā€ because the present politically reported situation calls for it. With...

Window on the World Column | The Dreams of a Rescue Pup

Lucy Jensen
ā€œThe beautiful dog awoke from its deep sleep dreamland. Before remembering his recent rescue, a bolt of concern ran through him from all those rude awakenings, and days and nights of fear. He could hear the comfortable long snooze of his new best friend...

Letter to the Editor | Mee Memorial Supports Measure T

To the Editor: Mee Memorial Healthcare System supports Measure T because the overall improvement of King City’s infrastructure, safety and public services will indirectly benefit our hospital and the broader community. While the funds from Measure T are not specifically allocated to healthcare, the improvements to...

Window on the World Column: Happy Mother’s Day

Gilroy’s early life started, well, in Gilroy. My friend and neighbor called me from the Gilroy shopping outlets and told me what she had found in the parking lot there. ā€œWell, bring him on home!ā€ I told her, as you do. A few years...

Worthy to Print Column | Fly Your Flag Proudly

WOW! What a great couple of days.Ā Did you get enough to eat? I’ll admit that since gluttony is a sin, I’ll tell you that I didn’t eat that much, but I won’t be eating any big meals for a couple of days. What makes...

Funny Papers Again Column | Tempest Has Fugited So We Are Fallin’ Again

Steve Wilson
We are now nearly two weeks into Fall, the equal hours of day and night took place Sept. 23 and will daily see the hours of darkness increase while, alas, daylight will lessen. We now fall head long into the what is known as...

Funny Papers Again Column | A New, Bright Street and an Old, Dark Ballet

Steve Wilson
If I were to offer up a descriptive sentence regarding the city’s newly upgraded main thoroughfare, it would be peppered with adjectives leading to superlatives and culminating with comparatives; i.e. ā€œLike the revitalization seen in Old Town in Salinas, the City of King is...

Funny Papers Again Column | Hopeful Words From a Former Cult Member

Steve Wilson
In this column, let us venture into the sociological world of politics in the present age through the eyes of a former member of a cult. This particular cult, like most cults, was grounded in religion, in this case Christianity. This person would have claimed,...

Guest Column | As the Pandemic Persists, It’s Even More Important To Receive Flu Shot

The Covid-19 pandemic has dominated the headlines for 18 months — and rightly so. But there is another respiratory virus that still demands our full attention. I’m referring to the all-too-common influenza, a viral infection that can be deadly, especially in high-risk groups. The flu...
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