Letter to the Editor | Rally to Protect Communities From Harmful Pesticides
To the Editor:
The organization Safe Ag, Save Schools (SASS) is working under the umbrella of Californians for Pesticide Reform to bring back, and expand to online, the posting of pesticide applications around schools in Monterey County and throughout the state of California.
Watch for...
Worthy to Print Column | A Trip Down Memory Lane
I know I have told you many times how much I love living here in the Valley. It is a place where magic happens on a regular basis. Of course, we have to pay a price for this privilege. You remember the rain that...
Letter to the Editor | King Cityās Architectural Gem
To the Editor:
Recently, I was reading the extensive Wikipedia Art Deco history website. In it, I was pleasantly surprised to see a photo of King Cityās Stanton Auditorium featured as one of only four examples of āLate Decoā architecture.
Like so many things, you can...
Window on the World Column | Boy Town
It started off as a nice offer from the husband. āHe can come and stay with us for a while!ā We were talking about our friendās 21-year-old son. They live in the U.K. I never thought it would happen, really didnāt. āWhat a nice...
Funny Papers Again Column | Monday Countdown: 6 Hrs. 39 Min. To Deadline
The past couple of weeks were filled with One Thing or Another and now I find myself in a predicament of words, one thousand of them to be exact. This happens to all of us once in a while, and whether it is This...
Letter to the Editor | Lauding the Landfill
To the Editor:
Last weekās paper contained a letter detailing one way in which government agencies have failed (āNo Happy Ending for Bridge Plaque,ā March 23). Iād like to share a story that balances that experience with this letter about how they are succeeding.
Last Thursday...
Window on the World Column | TAILS in Soledad ā Part II
The inmate trainers at CTF explained to me that dogs in the TAILS program are immediately crate trained when they arrive in the facility to give them a cozy place to decompress and be safe away from the world. (Except for Sunday, which is...
Funny Papers Again Column | Phase One: KC to OKC (An American Travelogue Submission)
(This essay recounting an automobile excursion from the Midwest to the Florida archipelago in the Gulf of Mexico is offered by an amateur writer from central California. American Travelogue Magazine does not by habit publish articles other than submissions by professional travel writers, but...
Guest Column | Diabetes Awareness: Take Action Today
This year, the Monterey County Needs Assessment Collaborative, a partnership of Monterey County hospitals, health organizations and community agencies, completed a Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) to determine the healthcare needs of residents.
The 2025 findings identify diabetes as a persistent health issue in Monterey...



















