Letter to the Editor | Join the Fight Against Unjust Detention and Deportation
To the Editor:
We’re saying “NO!” NO to the unlawful and cruel detention and deportation of our hard-working neighbors whose only crime was pursuing the American dream.
The majority of ICE targets are hard-working contributors to the local economy and society. What is being unleashed on all...
Guest Column | As Supplies Thin, Price of Recycled Water Could Go Up
As we all manage the implementation of our groundwater management sustainability plans in the next 15 years, there will be some hard choices that communities will need to make. Most of these will include financing various water supply solutions, such as resource projects, land...
Letter to the Editor | Restore the Supreme Court’s Balance
To the Editor:
To protect our reproductive freedoms, we need to expand the Supreme Court.
The Judiciary Act of 2021 would add four new seats to the Supreme Court, bringing the number of justices to 13. It would help restore balance to a Court that Mitch...
Opinion | King City hosts 2nd annual District Watch block parties
Commentary by Steve Adams, City Manager, King City
Funny Papers Again Column | Phase Two: Indian Territory to the Gulf Coast
(In this issue we continue with the journal of amateur travel writer Charles Bogle. Editors.)
Oklahoma has for over 150 years been home to Native American tribes who were forced to leave the lands they had inhabited for thousands of years, and as we rolled...
Worthy to Print Column | One Man’s Junk Is Another Man’s Treasure
I spent most of the day on Saturday cleaning out my garage, and I don’t know if I will finish before the weekend is over. Funny how I keep watching the detritus get taller and taller. I keep telling myself that I will be...
Window on the World Column | Love Is All That Matters
I’ve never got hung up on Fathers, Mothers, Sisters, Brothers … if we grew up together, then you are mine, and sometimes you are mine if we didn’t. Most of my family are bits and pieces from all over the place and I think...
Letter to the Editor: Fallen comrades deserve more respect
Editor's Note: We welcome Letters to the Editor of local and general interest to our readers. Letters should be typed and include the writer’s first and last name, home address and phone number for verification. No anonymous letters will be printed. Letters may be edited...
Worthy to Print Column | Pants on Fire
Liar, liar, pants on fire! Have you ever heard those biting words as a child? Maybe it was just a schoolyard taunt by someone you didn’t get along with. Perhaps it was a case of “The dog ate my homework.” And your teacher was...
Guest Column | Food Security is Critical to Economic and National Security on California’s Central Coast
The agricultural stretch of California’s Central Coast along the Salinas Valley is often called the “Salad Bowl of the World,” and for good reason. It supplies over 60% of the nation’s lettuce and substantial portions of strawberries, spinach and broccoli. But beyond the fertile...
