Tag: editorial
Guest View: Hate for Hate’s Sake
By Hollister Police Chief David Westrick
In the wake of the horrific event in Las Vegas this week, I found a few nuggets of wisdom,...
Escapism
The last couple weeks have felt like a dream. It all started in Tres Pinos when Confederate and Union soldiers in full regalia—rifles drawn—battled...
Talk Shop: DACA and Immigration
It is not unusual for my nine-year-old daughter and I to talk politics.
Even so, I was surprised when last Sunday, while sitting at the...
Fair time
My favorite event of the year is fast approaching – the county fair.
Before settling in the wooded surround of north Monterey County, I pounded...
Our land
Like the rising floods ravaging parts of Texas and Louisiana, this week ended in a deluge of breaking news.
San Juan Bautista City Manager...
Back to Class
While my school days are well behind me, this time of the year always leaves me with feelings of hope and trepidation.
As the Free...
400 Block: Let’s do it right!
The Hollister City Council should go back to the drawing board on the 400 block. Dueling petition drives in a divided community are not...
Above all else, hope
Last Friday while deciding on this issue’s Question of the Week, I ran into a bit of difficulty. I wanted to ask our readers...
Water, water everywhere
This week’s reporting by Nick Preciado brought to mind the passage by Samuel Taylor Coleridge in The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, “Water, water,...
Rough riding
I must have clocked nearly two hundred miles this week driving between my home in north Monterey County and the expansive roads of San...
