Letter to the Editor | Helping Customers Reduce Energy Costs as Natural Gas Prices Rise This Winter
To the Editor:
West Coast natural gas prices have been rising this winter, and PG&E wants our customers to know their energy bills are likely to rise as a result.
PG&E does not control the market prices we pay for natural gas, and we donāt mark...
Letter to the Editor | Clam Chowder Dinner a Huge Success
To the Editor:
On behalf of the Monterey County Agricultural and Rural Life Museum staff and board, a great big āthank youā goes out to the entire South Monterey County community for their continued support in helping to make the 27th Annual Drury Tankersley Clam Chowder...
Letter to the Editor: Thanks for Helping With King City Park Project
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Funny Papers Again Column | Who Will Now Own the Choice They Made?
After some thought about whether to address last weekās election, I opted to address just one aspect of what we have been told will happen by that candidate who prevailed. We were told by the man who, come Jan. 20, 2025, will be my...
Window on the World Column | A Buyerās Market
What a difference four months can make in the property world! My goodness me. When I look back to the summer, it is ridiculous to think of where we were then to where we are now! In the summertime, it was a strong sellerās...
Window on the World Column | Joining Other Olympians at the Pool
āI want that body!ā I said to the husband. We were watching the Olympic Swim Trials. Broad shoulders, muscles, I love it! Itās that time of year when people are stripping down, displaying their body-beautiful to the world, heading to the ocean or a...
Funny Papers Again Column | A Short Column Today, Folks, Cuz Deadlines Donāt Wait for Nobody
Growing up in Greenfield in the late 1950s through the ā60s and beyond, we (āweā meaning those whose parents, grandparents and beyond spoke English) were introduced to foreign languages and English with idioms and accents previously unknown to us. I doubt Iām alone of...
Guest Column | Protecting Migrant Education Is a Moral Imperative for Americaās Farmworker Children
At the heart of Californiaās $59 billion agricultural industry are the hardworking migrant farmworkers who harvest the food that feeds our nation. Their labor sustains our economy, but their children, who face extraordinary educational barriers due to the migratory nature of their parentsā work,...
Window on the World Column | Bonus Time
Wishing we had more time, wishing for one more day, another hour with a person before they leave us and move to another sphere ā this is not an unfamiliar concept to most. Loss is all part of love, no doubt about it. You...



















