Guest Column | Transportation: Surviving 2020 with Hope and Resiliency
It would be an understatement to say that 2020 has been a difficult year. By all standards, our world seems to have been turned upside down. From the small things that we took for granted, to larger, more important things, like our relationships with...
Funny Papers Again Column | Step Forward, Gentlemen, and Step Lively
I have set aside my regular column this week, a little story about me and my dog in Arroyo Seco, nicely told in my humble opinion, but still just a little story; it will wait for another time. What prompted the change was my...
Worthy to Print Column: What might have been
I would like to tell you that we can come out of hiding from the virus. Iād like to tell you that we can walk around without a mask; that we can fling open the doors and play with our kids, come out of...
Guest Column | King Cityās Transformation: How a Year of Beautification Efforts Revitalized the Community
The transformation of the appearance of King City in the last year has been nothing short of amazing, and I credit much of that to the yearly emphasis of ābeautification.ā
It was 32 years ago in 1992 that King City began the promotion of Beautification...
Letter to the Editor | Keep King City Moving Forward by Supporting Measure T
To the Editor:
I have been a business owner in King City for decades. King City is my home, so I have an interest in seeing the community be the best it can be. We all want a safe, clean and attractive place to live...
Worthy to Print Column | Big Fish in a Small Pond
Have you noticed any strange looking grasshoppers around your house lately? They would be brown and they can almost fly. They are also quite a bit larger than your run-of-the-mill grasshopper, they may very well be locusts. It seems that is the only thing...
Window on the World Column | Traveling With a Cold
I couldnāt help it, I had to cough. My throat became the most horrendous tickle fest. It was coming; everyone was looking at me. Noooo! Then, once I started, I couldnāt stop. The lady near me swung around in her chair with her latte...
Letter to the Editor: Helping Seniors for 25 Years
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Funny Papers Again Column | Meet Kevin and Malcolm: An Open Letter to Buyers
Dear Salinas Valley Fair Livestock Auction Buyers;
Let me take a few lines to tell you about a young man named Kevin and his pig named Malcolm. I have lived next door to Kevinās family for about a decade now and have always found them...
Window on the World Column | A Letter to My Sister ā Part III
āDarling, darling, we have to stop! This is my cousinās house!ā Car comes to a screeching halt, dust flying. We unload, remove our shoes at the door. Everyone sits in the family room. Boiling hot chai tea is produced in tiny glass cups with...



















