Town Crier

I heard Mayor Whalen’s exciting news on the April 8 Mornings with Ed radio show that the recruiter for a new City Manager has...

Newspapers are important for our debates over public issues that affect us. I appreciate the challenges of capturing opposing views. In my view, the...

Decentralized, incremental, and bottom-up: ADUs are the best solution to provide missing affordable housing options, and are the antidote to sudden, disruptive neighborhood change. ...

By Christopher Quilter In a recent comment in the Indy, Michele Monda urged residents to make our voices heard concerning the next city manager. She...

Pretzel Logic By David Weinstein In the immortal words of Monty Python, “And Now for Something Completely Different.” (Spoiler Alert: I’m not going to talk about...

Reflections on Education and Political Correctness By Jean Hastings Ardell Some of you may have seen the page one article in last Sunday’s New York Times...

I’m back from five weeks of travel and what do I come home to? Squabbling, extraordinaire. Why are we so addled, when we have...

Home Sweet Home In Laguna, we rate our homes by their connection with the ocean. An ocean view is good, a white-water view better,...

Cathy Jurca’s comments in last week’s Independent concerning the litigation by her various groups against the City and the Kirbys are typical of what we have...

I appreciate Mr. Creech’s response to my letter encouraging Mr. Wyland and his eponymous foundation to advocate steps to address global warming. It is...

I write in response to Armando Baez’s letter regarding Blake’s Behavior—I am for civility—so I find it odd that a member of Village Laguna...

I'm the back alley neighbor of the Kirbys, and a co-founder of Laguna Neighbors (lagunaneighbors.org). Please check out our website and see for yourself...

It’s nice that Ms. Lewis has had a good experience with her ADU, and there may be benefits to owners by adding an ADU,...

In the last 60 days this anonymous group has sued the City and others not once, but twice! That makes them a pretty powerful...

As California Republicans attempt to end their decade-long absence from statewide office, Laguna Beach’s GOP members appear intent on helping to extend the shut-out. As...