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Editor, This is just too bold for Laguna Beach to comprehend. “This year, the area concerned includes all the arrondissements of the capital. In pedestrian zones, no motor vehicles will be allowed to circulate (Sunday, Sept. 25). Only bicycles, delivery tricycles, scooters...

Editor, As a frequent visitor to Laguna Beach, I’m wondering why residents don’t insist on an enforced slower speed limit through town. I have stayed at numerous accommodations on either side of the highway, taking the sidewalks frequently to dinner, shopping and the...

Editor, A recent letter advocating for the incumbent city treasurer is perpetuating a myth that our elected, part-time treasurer is solely responsible for investing our city’s $100 million! A part-time, elected official? Municipalities are restricted by law to very narrow...

Editor, Peggy Wolff – Motivated. Optimistic. Match to Our Needs. “What’s not to like about Peggy? She’s great!” I lifted those words from an opposing letter to the editor. The only portion of the letter I agreed with, frankly. I have witnessed Peggy Wolff’s...

Editor, After one local mom noted the media’s coverage of Olympic women seemed stingy, we appreciated even more the Indy’s in-depth features on the Fischer sisters as leaders among U.S. women in Rio. As dad and grandpa helping raise seven girls, I know even subtle bias can...

This letter was also addressed to the city council. Editor, While observing the council meeting last night, Aug. 30, I noticed that two of the councilmembers talked back to the person at the podium. Both times were because the speaker was Judie Mancuso, who is running for city...

Editor, The city of Laguna Beach and the city’s Emergency-Disaster Preparedness Committee and the neighborhoods will be conducting a meeting on Monday, Sept. 12, 6 p.m. at Susi Q Community Center to discuss a “proposed pilot program” for streets off of Alta...

This letter was also addressed to members of the City Council and city manager. Editor, At the City Council meeting I did not intend to speak; I was only there to support my American Legion comrade Bill Sandlin. Bill and a Marine’s wife who serves as liaison for these activities...

Editor, With the new school year starting, parents’ to-do lists are now filled with shopping for school clothes, school supplies, and school food. That’s right – school food! In past years, our nation’s schools were used by the USDA as a dumping ground for surplus...

No Pot Luck The City Council did a terrible disservice to our community by unanimously voting (with Mayor Steve Dicterow recusing himself) Monday, Aug. 8, against putting a competing ordinance on the November ballot for a sensible, fair and safe medical marijuana dispensary in...

Ode to Laguna Beach Before anyone knew about the Irvine Company, everyone in Orange County knew about the Irvine Ranch. It covered one–sixth of the county and, in the mid 1960s, it contained mile after mile of orange groves, sugar beets, even a herd of cattle. I worked for the...

All are invited to welcome home two local Olympians, water polo gold medalists Aria and Makenzie Fischer, from noon to 3 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 11 at the Laguna Beach High School Stadium. The Laguna Beach sisters are the youngest members of the U.S women’s water polo team and...

“Faces of Chhahari,” a benefit to provide for the needs and educational expenses of 23 children who live at a hostel in Kathmandu, will to be held Sunday, Sept. 11. The 5 to 7:30 p.m. event takes place in the home of Chhahari, Inc. board member Ann Shea. Guests will be treated to...

Police Hire an Academy Graduate Kseniya Orlovska, a graduate of the Orange County Sheriff’s Academy Class, will soon start six months of training in the classroom and field with a Laguna Beach police training officer, the city manager’s office said in a statement. Orlovska, a...