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November 24, 2025

OPINION: Odds and ends

Local column by George Worthy

King City code enforcement program

Commentary by Steve Adams, City Manager, King City

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...

Window on the World Column | Delighted by the Youth

Lucy Jensen
The South County Expo used to be a heck of an event here in town; but like all events, it takes people to host year after year and the people get tired. A couple of years ago, the Soledad Merchants Association elected to revitalize...

Worthy to Print Column | Past = Future — Part II

George Worthy
There was a change in the pitch of the engines on the plane that woke me up. I wasn’t concerned because if one is heading into a war zone, it is not hard to stay awake. Everything is new and you don’t want to...

Guest Column | 5 Things for September from Monterey County Free Libraries

Library books reading
1. September is Library Card sign-up month. Your library is a place that welcomes all and provides programs and services all year round to help community members learn, grow, play or relax. Make sure you visit your library to get a library card! It...

Funny Papers Again Column | Me, Sir Richard and the Third Time Charm Rule

According to English language experts, the phrase ā€œThird time the charmā€ dates back to the 1800s in Old Britain when the number 3 was thought to be fortuitous, and whenever it appeared at a significant time in a person’s life, it would bring good...

OPINION: A story of collaboration

Guest Commentary by Norm Groot and Kim Stemler

Guest Column | Volunteerism Helps Stitch Together the Fabric That Binds the World

Rena Salamacha
ā€œLife’s most persistent and urgent question is, ā€˜What are you doing for others?ā€™ā€ Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., spoke these profound words to an audience in Montgomery, Ala., back in 1957 — and they still ring true today. We all have the power to...

Funny Papers Again Column | Birthday Memories, a Helpful Group and a Hungry Desert Animal

Steve Wilson
I had eggs benedict with my daughter on my birthday on Park Row. That was a treat not for just the company, Jenny lives in Florida so we don’t see each other near enough, but also because of the food, which was delicious, and...
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