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March 28, 2026

Funny Papers Again Column | The First Financial Footing for Those College Bound

On a Monday evening nine days ago, I was one of many who participated in an event I consider the best thing we do as a community. The King City Community Scholarship Inc. (KCCS) Annual Banquet held in the Pavilion at Salinas Valley Fairgrounds...

Worthy to Print Column | My Best Friends

George Worthy
Are you still saying ā€œHappy New Year?ā€Ā I suppose that you are tired of saying that to your friends or neighbors. I always say it for the first few days of the New Year. I don’t know why, just something to say while the ticking...

Funny Papers Again Column | Today’s Opinion Column Offers Some Opinions About Opinions and the Opinionated

Steve Wilson
ā€œOpinion is really the lowest form of human knowledge. It requires no accountability, no understanding. The highest form of knowledge is empathy, for it requires us to suspend our egos and live in another’s world.ā€ I don’t recall whose words those are, if I...

Guest Column | Monterey County Free Libraries’ 5 Things to Celebrate in January 2026

Library books reading
Happy New Year! January is such a hopeful month because it represents a new beginning. What are you resolving to do this new year? 1. The Winter Reading Club continues through January, so you still have time to sign up and get a free book....

Funny Papers Again Column | Lit Skies, Festooned Floats and Honored Names

Monterey County Third District Supervisor Chris Lopez and I crossed byways here awhile back when neither of us had anything to do; well, I didn’t really have anything to do, anyway. Chris was only stopping to catch his breath during a busy schedule because...

Worthy to Print Column | I Am What I Am and That’s All That I Am

George Worthy
I suppose that today I should write something about how messed up our government is, but I think that would be too easy. There is no use in restating my thoughts about how miserable it is being run right now. If you read anything...

Letter to the Editor: King City Police Chief’s Departure

To the Editor: King City was fortunate to have had an excellent police chief like Chief Robert Masterson, and it will happen again. The best chiefs, and other department heads, are found by the best city managers, and King City has just that in Steve...

Worthy to Print Column | Get On Your Horse

I want to write today to speak to you about what I have been thinking as this old world of ours starts spinning out of control. We can all hold hands and pray, which wouldn’t be a bad thing, but let’s try to trust...

Guest Column | CSU Monterey Bay Earns Carnegie ā€˜Research College’ Classification for Research Excellence

Vanya QuiƱones
The Carnegie Classification is a leading framework for recognizing the diversity of U.S. higher education institutions. Last fall, the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching updated the framework of classifications and now includes a new category — ā€œResearch Colleges and Universitiesā€ — which...

Window on the World Column | The Highs and the Low Tides of Life

There is something about the silence of an empty house that is so comforting it is almost not empty at all. When the voices have left the building, the last car door has slammed and the final cup of tea has been consumed, the...
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