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.
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Guest Column | Embracing Vitality: Essential Tips for Lifelong Health and Wellness
September is Healthy Aging Month, an ideal time to celebrate the positive aspects of aging and focus on maintaining a healthy lifestyle that allows us to thrive at every age and stage of life.
Healthy aging isnāt just about living longer; it's about fully enjoying...
Worthy to Print Column | Nobody Can Beat Two People
I have a saying that is used just about every day: āNobody can beat two people.ā I know, it sort of sounds strange coming from a guy that hasnāt raised his hand against anyone in at least 25 years. I mention raising my hand...
Window on the World Column: Secret Sisters
āāTis the season! Join my baking group, send Christmas cheer out to the world, be a part of a Secret Santa, Operation Christmas Child or Secret Sister group?ā Normally, I wouldnāt go there. I donāt have time to be figuring out how to do...
Window on the World Column | A Better Point of View
āItās OK for the young people,ā she said. āThey have all the time in the world. Us oldies donāt have a year to waste sitting around the house and waiting to start up life againā¦ā Initially I felt sad for this older lady and...
Guest Column | Food Security is Critical to Economic and National Security on Californiaās Central Coast
The agricultural stretch of Californiaās Central Coast along the Salinas Valley is often called the āSalad Bowl of the World,ā and for good reason. It supplies over 60% of the nationās lettuce and substantial portions of strawberries, spinach and broccoli. But beyond the fertile...
Worthy to Print Column | You Say Itās Your Birthday
āYou say itās your birthday, well itās my birthday too, yeah. They say itās your birthday, weāre gonna have a good time. Iām glad itās your birthday, Happy Birthday to you. Yes weāre going to a party.ā
Iāve told you before that I enjoy living...
Funny Papers Again Column | Is It Reporting or Opining? That Is the Question
āDonāt bite the hand that feeds youā is an old adage most of us have heard with full understanding of its meaning. It only makes sense, providing one has any sense, to refrain from damaging that which makes survival possible. Now, after reading the...
Funny Papers Again Column | A Way to Get a Barrelful of Hope and a Scold for Regular Readers
There has been a bit of a ruckus over some recent comments made on social media, a lousy debate forum as it offers space for quick one-sentence responses; such responses often just a curse word or two and the suggestion the commenter go to...
Window on the World Column | The Soup Diaries
They were the best of friends from a very young age. Though quite different ā my sister was very bossy and her friend very sweet and accommodating ā they were the ying to each otherās yang. Iām sure sister frequently got a good telling...




















