Town Crier

Regarding your survey question: Do you support fire officials’ guidance to trim trees for at least six feet above roofs and other combustible structures...

By Mike Morris Many residents have become concerned with the increased attention Laguna Beach is getting from commercial developers. These concerns were heightened when a...

Why Won’t Village Laguna Debate? It is a curious phenomenon when the political action committee called Village Laguna refuses to debate its main opponent, Laguna...

The Way We Were Do you remember that explosion of hormones called adolescence? Of course you do. The memories of those years, some sweet, others...

Storage Wars By David Weinstein Driving by the storage facility on Laguna Canyon Road, I am reminded of something my anthropology professor told me back in...

I’m starting my own political action committee. It’s not VL (Village Laguna), LL (Liberate Laguna), LRF (Laguna Residents First), LLV (Let Laguna Vote), or...

My beloved father-in-law suffered as he lay dying in the emergency room of Saddleback hospital. He had had a massive stroke and there was...

The guest rooms of the Hotel Laguna are not opening anytime soon. Mohammed Honarkar has seen to that. Honarkar is embroiled in lawsuits, divorce...

In Michael Ray’s recent Aug. 27, 2021 column “Who Wants Hotel Laguna Closed?” he leaves out the culpability of property owner E. W. Merritt...

Did everyone else hear what I heard at the last City Council meeting on Aug. 24? The surprising news was that the City was...

In a small community, the local newspaper is critically important because it covers very local issues that may not be covered elsewhere. This means...

The City finally posted enforcement hours below the three, new 10-minute parking loading zone (LZ) spaces placed on Coast Highway in early June. Don’t thank...

Surveys are an interesting way to try to assess opinions on various topics, be it religion,  politics, or fashion. But the problem and limitations...

I want to thank Indy columnist Mark Crantz for his shout out last week. Without specifically mentioning my name, he characterized me as an...

Two weeks ago I sent an email letter to the Mayor and every councilmember. To date, I have not received one single reply. My first...