Worthy to Print Column: Is It Over Yet?
Is it over yet? Can we come out of hiding? You would think that the winners and losers are not put into the same sentence. However, this election seems to have been going on since the last one. Iām not very old, so I...
Guest Column | As the Pandemic Persists, Itās Even More Important To Receive Flu Shot
The Covid-19 pandemic has dominated the headlines for 18 months ā and rightly so. But there is another respiratory virus that still demands our full attention.
Iām referring to the all-too-common influenza, a viral infection that can be deadly, especially in high-risk groups. The flu...
Guest Column | How Farmworkers Outlawed āEl Cortitoā 50 Years Ago
For decades in the Salinas Valley, the short-handle hoe, known as āEl Cortito,ā was used for weeding and thinning rows of crops that kept farmworkers stooped over for long hours each day. Workers were only able to stand and stretch when they reached the...
Window on the World Column: Always look on the bright side
Always look on the bright side... Easier said than done, I know. These have been some unprecedented months in the life of a year ā and we havenāt even made it to six of the blessed things yet!
I recently found myself popping into the...
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...
Letters to the Editor for Week of June 27, 2018
Letters to the Editor for Week of June 27, 2018
Window on the World Column | Fishing Is Not Just About … Fishing
I have learned recently that fishing does not have all that much to do with catching fish. Iām sure it does in the big leagues and the commercial fisheries of the world; but in your average household that owns a couple of poles, itās...
Letter to the Editor | Waste Problems Persist in Pine Canyon
To the Editor:
Well, it is happening again. I am accused of a ācrimeā and the evidence is a grainy photo. I received a letter from Waste Management that said we would be fined for putting plastic bags and film in our garbage. This is...
Letter to the Editor | The Rest of the Story
To the Editor:
Mr. J.J. Burnes, thank you for your letter to the editor regarding Black history (āBlack History,ā Feb. 24). The information on Mr. Bass Reeves, 1838-1910, the first Black American Deputy U.S. Marshal in Oklahoma Territory, was very informational.
Let me be your Paul...
Window on the World Column: The Lucky Ones
It has been a most interesting year; what an understatement. I have never felt so fortunate and yet so frustrated. Iāve found skills this year I didnāt think I had. I have dug deep for patience I never believed I possessed. Four years ago,...




















