Pet Peeves
Bough Breaks
Yikes. The OC Grand Jury released a report criticizing Laguna Beach as one of eight cities with a low number of publicly owned...
Guest Column
Is It a Creek? I Hear Frogs!
As I was walking back into town after the Sawdust preview party last Tuesday night, I entered the...
Heart Talk
The Patriotic Citizen
Last week people came to our town by the tens of thousands to celebrate Independence Day. Truth be told, most came to...
Pet Peeves
Book ‘Em Danno
“Book ‘Em Danno.” The Laguna Beach police investigated three house thefts. Two suspects are believed to have posed as potential house buyers...
Does the Wet Suit You
The Builders
Usually this column focuses on issues that are, in essence, Laguna’s first world problems. Independence Day with its fireworks displays and throngs of...
Finding Meaning
Slim Summerville
The power went out in South Laguna the other night, a rare occurrence. Rare enough that I was uncertain how to respond. The...
Musings on the Coast
The Cry Bullies of Laguna Beach
Village Laguna is a group of mostly liberal and well-intentioned people advocating what they think is right for Laguna....
Common Sense
School Board’s Action a Danger to Democracy
On June 11, when the Laguna Beach School Board decided by a 4-1 vote to create a subcommittee...
Village Matters
The Difficult Path to Delight
“Whenever I’m driving through a neighborhood and see a (landscaper) truck with orange cones set out on each end, and...
Pet Peeves
Best Made Plans
I was delighted to read the Indy’s “Laguna Leaders Receive Recognition for Landscape Plans.” The American Planning Association (APA) presented its 2019...
The Kibitzer
Something to Chew On
I’m deep in Ibiza, the White Island, one half—along with Formentera—of Las Pitiusas (the Pine Islands), also part of the Balearic...
Wisdom Workout
Emotional Maturity
High-minded concepts are health food for the over-burdened mind. There is nothing like a good inspirational concept to lift our spirits and help...
Heart Talk
Third Street Writers Nurture the Written Word
When people think of Laguna Beach and creative expression, images of the Festival of the Arts, Pageant of...
Finding Meaning
In Defense of Committees
Committees don’t get a lot of respect. People make jokes about them. Consider, for example, the old saw that a giraffe...
Does the Wet Suit You
Comida Por Turistas
Reports by Laguna’s hospitality industry clearly show, with great detail, how important that industry is to all those who make a living...