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February 16, 2026

Guest Op-Ed | Pathways to Progress: TAMC’s 2024 Achievements for Monterey County

In 2024, the Transportation Agency for Monterey County (TAMC) made significant strides in building pathways to help communities thrive, despite facing various challenges. As the outgoing Chair, I would like to highlight the accomplishments and ongoing efforts to enhance the quality of life for...

Window on the World Column | Covid — Year 2

They said it would all be gone by now; it would have just been blown away like an errant feather — a dark memory from the archives of 2020. The last Christmas holidays, that should have been spent in my hometown on the English...

Funny Papers Again Column | How I Later Became a Sooner

If I ever again contemplate air travel, it will only be because I have lost all sensibilities and am probably living in a room with rubber walls. The last time I flew in a jet airliner I vowed it would be just that, the...

Funny Papers Again Column | Variation of Three Dot Journalism

When I was a lad I read the San Francisco Examiner’s renown columnist Herb Caen, the inventor of Three Dot Journalism; a form this column ofttimes mimics. Caen wrote his column as a series of items separated by ellipses … the word is Greek...

Funny Papers Again Column | A Little Card Shop That Is So Much More

Steve Wilson
I am sure you who read this column have no doubt noticed recently I’ve been a day late and a dollar short, to torture a metaphor. A couple weeks ago I mentioned Maddie and Tae, a singing duo advertised at the Fairgrounds, and as...

Worthy to Print Column | Moving Along

Have you ever had a situation that required you to step way out of your comfort zone? Perhaps meeting someone that is important to your future for the first time? Or maybe you are looking for a new job that might be a little...

Funny Papers Again Column | Three Mile Flat, Clark Colony and Greenfield All on One Corner Lot

Steve Wilson
I stopped by a section of land the other day and let my mind’s eye roll back over the years to a time when that corner piece was a half a block down the alley from where my family lived for the last nine...

Worthy to Print Column | Memories of Beaujolais

George Worthy
What is going on with our weather? I buy a new jacket and then the sun comes out like the fires of you know where. I love the warm weather, but it has to follow the rules. This out of sync weather plays the...

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Joanne's Got It: Column by Joanne Banuelos

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 ā€œSalad Bowl of the World,ā€ 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...
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