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Editor, I’ve read with concern the recent reader letters expressing outrage over the “proliferation” of drug and alcohol recovery treatment facilities in Laguna Beach. Regarding Pillars Recovery in the Top of the World neighborhood, it was noted by the Indy that no police calls...

Editor, Wonderful to see almost 150 concerned neighbors at the Top of the World School last Tuesday. The room was abuzz with anxious parents wanting to know if the city could do something about the proliferation of sober living houses in Laguna Beach. The city counts 17 of these...

Editor, The City Council voted to dismantle “The Sunbathers” sculpture in Nita Carman Park–permanently. I am devastated, outraged and appalled. I have lived in Laguna Beach since 1965 and have greatly appreciated our city’s many publicly displayed art works. Since its...

Editor, My new term of endearment for the city manager is “spinmeister,” worthy of one who publicizes that closing City Hall two Fridays a month will actually result in “expanded public access” by adding 30 minutes to either end of the Monday-Thursday...

Editor, Years ago, my wife and I bought our first tickets to Pageant of the Masters nearly in the back row. The people behind us asked if she would remove her hat, she did and we all enjoyed the Pageant. A few years ago, while seated about mid-way to the stage, the people behind...

Editor, First I would like to thank the Indy for their frequent mentions of my Yoga in the Park classes that are held daily at the Montage public park (Treasure Island Park). Your newspaper has been a great source for all things of interest happening in our city, and I am...

Editor: This past Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent, the 40-day period before Easter when many Christians abstain from animal foods in remembrance of Jesus’ 40 days of fasting in the desert before launching his ministry. But meat-free Lent is much more than a symbol of...

Got trees? When I was considering buying the house we now live in on Wildwood Road, I mentioned the address to Fred Lang, my boss at the time. Fred, of course, had to immediately know all about it and dashed over to take a look. It wasn’t 20 minutes before he telephoned. “I think...

The Real Deal on Valentine’s Day By Don Ingwerson Valentine’s Day comes and goes with a flurry of cards, flowers, chocolates, and jewelry. But is that all there is to love? Of course not! Sure, these all are all sweet symbols designed to express our love. But our hearts...

Remembering Dick Jahraus, Fanny Lum   On a misty drizzly Sunday last week we said goodbye to two very different people, remembered and honored by a lot of the same people. Fanny Lum worked in the front office at Laguna Beach High School. Her daughter Lorna was my classmate...

The Laguna Beach Chamber of Commerce’s mixer this past week ventured to the Assistance League Chapter House and learned about the organization’s early intervention program for families of developmentally-delayed infants. Tours included the EIP classroom and bargain-hunters could...

Robert K. Josephson passed Saturday, Feb. 6, 2016, at his home in Laguna Beach following a three-month battle with lymphoma. Josephson was emeritus professor of biology at University of California, Irvine. He was 81 years old. Born in Somerville, Mass., in 1934, he attended Tufts...

John Strotkamp (Johnny), who was 100 years old, passed away peacefully of natural causes at his Laguna Beach home on Sunday, Jan. 10, 2016. John was born in Alameda, Calif., on Oct. 3, 1915, the only child of Johan Heinrick Strotkamp and Emelia J. Vanselow. In his younger years,...

Methodists Host Guest Speaker for Lenten Service Rev. Linda Robison delivers the sermon “This is Not a Test” at 10 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 13, at Laguna Beach United Methodist Church, 21632 Wesley Dr. Pastor Robison recently retired as senior pastor of Palisades United Methodist Church...