Town Crier

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...

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...

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...

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...

Three Laguna Beach nonprofits focused on environmental conservation are among seven nonprofits partnering with the Orange County Community Foundation on Sept. 1 to raise...

Village Laguna believes it is crucial that the Council apply the lessons learned from its Brown Act violations about the legal requirements for transparency,...

At the last City Council meeting, Village Laguna provided the City Council with a letter demanding that it cure and correct a recent Brown...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...