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Times Gone By During the last class period on the last day before summer vacation, the clock in Ms. Thesauri’s English class went backwards. It went from 2:59 p.m. to 2:56 p.m. Divine intervention didn’t do this. It was the heavy thumb of the principal Dr. Demerits Ph.d. on the...

Sleepy Students   There has been a kerfuffle recently over possibly moving the start of the school year to an earlier date in August. As a retired teacher who spent more than 35 years in the classroom, I believe that this issue should take a back seat to a far more important...

Choices That Free Us “Finding Meaning,” last week, referenced Robert Frost’s poem, “The Road Not Taken.” It’s America’s most popular poem.  The column was about the choices we make, and the lingering mystery of that “other path,” the one not taken.  Our choices, Frost cautioned,...

Rescuers from the Pacific Marine Mammal Center captured a months-old elephant seal pup in apparent distress at Moss Point in Laguna Beach last Friday, April 20. Local Andrea Bernholtz and visiting relatives found the marine mammal, who seemed to be having trouble breathing, and...

The Laguna Beach Community Clinic’s annual Cinco de Mayo Fiesta will be held on Sunday, May 6, beginning at 5:30 p.m. at Seven Degrees. Participant’s entire contribution will support patient care as board members Roya Cole and Mark Orgill have underwritten the event, said a...

Laguna Beach Garden Club’s “Gate & Garden Tour” will be held Friday, May 4, from 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. Ten private South Laguna gardens along a three-quarter-mile walking route including a quarter-acre formal garden with ocean views highlight this year’s fundraiser for educational...

The Carnivore at My Window Lots of people dislike birds, especially if they’ve lived in cities alongside pigeons. Not me. I was 9 years old when we got two parakeets. I loved the symmetry of their feathers and colors, their graceful flight and how daintily they cracked and ate...

Marthann Newton, 86, of Laguna Beach, passed away March 4, 2018, in Springdale, Ark. She was born Nov. 15, 1931, in Auburn, Ala., to Julian Isaac Newton, Sr. and Martha Elizabeth O’Neal Newton. She worked in the U.S.O. in both France and Germany. She received her master’s in...

Art Talks Art imitates life.  But what do the rest of us do not named Art?  So I asked Art, if I could come over to his place to discuss things. Art said, “Sorry I can’t see you.  “I said, “Oh, if it’s a bad time, pick a time that works.” Art sighed. “It’s not the time. It’s the...

Read the Personals I AM MATURE, RESPONSIBLE and efficient – except the times when I’m not.  I will babysit your cat, dog, bird or fish.  I’ll play with them all day, feed them plenty and take them out for lots of walks (except fish)  $8 per hour.  #SuperPetSitter   VINTAGE...

Gallery Q at the Susi Q senior center explores diversity and unity in its “Harmony” exhibition and invites artists to submit work that explores the theme on Thursday, May 3. Gallery Q will be accepting artwork of any media from 10 a.m. to noon and 5 to 7 p.m. There is an entry...

Sunset Serenades returns beginning with a free 6:30 p.m. classical music performance by Jackie Menter Trio Friday, May 4, in the Heisler Park Amphitheatre. Here is the concert line up: May 5, Jack Benny, pop trio; May 18, Phil Gough/Alan Deremo Project; May 25, Maestro Lazaro...

  Just days after Earth Day, state Superintendent Tom Torlakson visited Laguna Beach to bestow a new Green Achiever honor on Top of the World Elementary. The school received the award, the first Green Ribbon School award made by the California Department of Education, for...

Teams Advance to Destination Imagination Final Three teams from Laguna Beach that competed in Destination Imagination contests will advance to the final May 23-26 in Knoxville, Tenn. Student teams solve open-ended challenges and present their solutions at Destination Imagination...

A few Laguna athletes prepped for the upcoming league meet scheduled for Thursday, May 3, at Costa Mesa by attending the West Coast FS Championships at Covina. Laguna Girls swept the 1600 meter run with Jessie Rose top with a 5:16.55.