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January 10, 2026

Window on the World Column | Photographs and Memories

The best-made plans, as they say, are invariably subject to change. I had lots of projects in mind for the weekend ahead. Since I am working on a new book, I like to squeeze in some ā€œme hoursā€ in my free time, stolen minutes...

Guest Column | Addressing the Fireworks Fundraiser Challenges in King City

To the Citizens of the City of King: We, the King City Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture, want to address the challenge we faced this year, fundraising for the aerial fireworks. We had a lot of comments on social media, and we want to...

Window on the World Column | The Journey Home

My friend from Salinas works for Monterey County and is a proverbial animal nut like me. She contacted me one day and told me that her husband had been working out on Metz Road and the residents there had told him about a stray...

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Window on the World: Column by Lucy Jensen

Funny Papers Again Column | ā€˜Let’s Look at the Map and See What It Shows, Son’

I was up in the Arroyo Seco Canyon with a friend the other day, we had made our way down to the river, what there is of it, a stagnant pool here and there was about all; my friend oversees the property and we...

Letter to the Editor | Lauding the Landfill

To the Editor: Last week’s paper contained a letter detailing one way in which government agencies have failed (ā€œNo Happy Ending for Bridge Plaque,ā€ March 23). I’d like to share a story that balances that experience with this letter about how they are succeeding. Last Thursday...

Window on the World Column | Remembrance

Lucy Jensen
It’s about this time of year that I look for her even more often. It is the season of the long sunny days and twinkly black-night skies. It is the season of the dragonfly. Whenever I see my first dragonfly of the year, I...

Window on the World Column | The Next Book

Lucy Jensen
There are many things that drive me crazy about this country; but the lack of opportunity is not one of them. I have always known that I can do whatever I want to do here, when I set my mind to it. Years ago, I...

Funny Papers Again Column | San Lucas School Students Shine

I was thinking about a tale for this week’s column about how a real bank robber would feel when watching a film about a make-believe gangster, with anticipation it would be an easy read as my muse seemed intent upon escape from current events,...

Funny Papers Again Column | Like Charlie’s Ebenezer, We All Have a Christmas Past, Present and Future

Steve Wilson
It is once again Christmas Eve and if I were to think about it, I might possibly recall last Christmas Eve. But right off the top of my head nothing special about the day, nor the day after, comes to mind. It has been...
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