Opinion: Musings on the Coast
Collateral Damage
I first met Bill Butler when he was a newly-minted Wharton Business School graduate working for Pfizer Pharmaceuticals in its world headquarters in...
Opinion: Who is Policing the Police?
By Rebecca Washington-Lindsey
We all agree that maintaining public safety, taking care of criminal activity, securing safety in our community, and enforcing the laws of...
Opinion: Finding Meaning
For Whom the Bell Tolls
A year or so ago the Beautiful Wife and I were guests of Laguna’s Chabad Jewish Center for a Passover...
Opinion: Stop The Assault on Transparency and Community Involvement
By Anne Caenn
Does the City Council take seriously its obligation to inform the community of its activities? Recent events at City Hall are not...
Laguna Beach nonprofits to benefit from Protect & Preserve Giving Day
Three Laguna Beach nonprofits focused on environmental conservation are among seven nonprofits partnering with the Orange County Community Foundation on Sept. 1 to raise...
Letter: Planning Commission Needs to Look at Hotel Laguna
Village Laguna believes it is crucial that the Council apply the lessons learned from its Brown Act violations about the legal requirements for transparency,...
Letter: Village Laguna Letter to City Council
At the last City Council meeting, Village Laguna provided the City Council with a letter demanding that it cure and correct a recent Brown...
Letter: Hotel Laguna Questions for City Staff
At the Aug. 10, 2021 City Council meeting, it was unseemly for Mayor Bob Whalen to cross-examine Councilman George Weiss and Councilwoman Toni Iseman....
Letter: City Council Real Estate Purchase
The City Council of Laguna Beach is in the process of purchasing the Ti Amo Restaurant property in South Laguna Beach at 31727 S. Coast...
Letter: A Pure Cover-Up at City Hall
Did you think residents wouldn't notice your deception in Aug. 24, 2021's staff report on the closed session regarding the Hotel Laguna? According to statements...
Letter: Regarding Skip Hellewell’s Navajo Wisdom
Skip Hellewell’s column on his drive through the Navajo Nation was interesting to this person who grew up just off and spent a lot...
Letter: Open Public Meetings
Laguna Beach citizens are getting played by their own local government. At the same time I have to wonder who is in charge. They recently...
Laguna Beach lawmaker’s bill advances to modernize domestic violence hotlines
A bill authored by Assemblymember Cottie Petrie-Norris (D-Laguna Beach) that would modernize domestic violence services is headed to the Governor’s desk for a signature,...
La Playa English classes begin Aug. 31 at Laguna Beach Boys & Girls Club
La Playa Center, a nonprofit adult English-as-a-second-language program, will restart free English classes at the Boys & Girls Club of Laguna Beach’s Canyon Branch...
Opinion: Pet Peeves
Big Shot
By Mark Crantz
I’m back at the monastery. I’ve reaffirmed my vow of silence. In my absence, I was made assistant to the assistant...