Town Crier

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...

I am proud to call Laguna Beach home, and grateful my wife and I can raise two young children here. There is a sense...

The choice of a new city manager provides a wonderful opportunity as well as a quandary for the City Council as well as the...

I am writing to discuss the deeply disturbing topic of CEQA abuse. The 1970 law may have been a good one aimed at keeping...

As I've followed along with the lawsuits brought against the City and the Kirby family's preservation and expansion of their home over the past...

My name is Curt Crandall and I live at 64 Lagunita in Laguna Beach. In last week's Indy, we learned that Ann Christoph, Johanna...