Editor, Please pass on my congratulations and thanks to Jennifer Erickson for her lovely article about my father’s mural and the renovation of the old Laguna Federal Building (“Excavating a Slice of Laguna’s History,” Feb. 14). She did a great job! I love the way she incorporated Lorna Mills story into the article. Hedy Buzan […]
Editor, Thanks for reporting on the transportation workshop (“Buying into Commuting Without Keys,” Feb. 14 edition). Finally, finally this city is taking steps to acknowledge we have a mobility problem and are inviting some stakeholders to the meeting. Les Miklosy, Laguna Beach
Editor, Re: keyless commute, (Feb. 15 edition) Hello, I’m from Long Beach and visit Laguna Beach maybe twice a month, but use Orange County Transit Authority bus system to visit the Neighborhood Congregational Church. It is so interesting how to use public transportation and leave the car at home, saving on car insurance by not driving. […]
Editor, In my opinion, the so-called transit workshop on Feb. 10 was a bust. The information presented was so basic and elementary that the audience quickly proved they knew more about the various transit systems than the consultant. The capper was when the consultant appeared to ask the audience what they would do. Huh? One attendee […]
Editor, Now that the town has settled down after the great debate about the village entrance, there is a sense of cooperation in the air. Everyone has an idea about changes we should make (or shouldn’t make). We need to coalesce about one or two fundamental and important ideas that take precedence over other issues, […]
When the school board called on taxpayers and voters to approve the bond issue to finance renovation and upkeep of your public school facilities, we were admonished that our community deserved classroom and sports facilities as good or better than any other public school in Orange County. So voters added the school bond obligation […]
I regret to inform the South Coast Water District that I was unable to attend the Sewer Tunnel Renovation Tour held this past Dec. 3. I very much wanted to learn more about the improvements, but my own personal history kept me from accepting your kind invitation. I believe a short explanation of my absence […]
Helen Jacqueline “Jackie” Nelson died peacefully in Mission Viejo on Jan. 23, 2014, at the age of 94. Born to Emelia Hagely and Amos Sapp on Oct. 27, 1919, in Newnan, Ga., Jackie grew up in Quartzsite, Ariz., and entered Colton Union High School at the age of 12. She graduated with honors as the valedictorian, […]
Lionel Mytinger, a longtime Laguna Beach resident known to many as “Train,” passed away on Jan. 17 from natural causes. He was 68. Mytinger was a surf legend, a nurseryman, a caretaker, and lover of people. Born on June 24, 1945, in New York City, Lionel was a young boy when his family set out […]
By Robin Pierson, Special to the Independent Five mornings a week, promptly at 8 a.m., Carl Brown, lean and focused, begins his yoga class beneath whatever sky the day has brought in the public park north of Laguna Beach’s Montage resort. For more than seven years, the former communications executive has led free or donation-based […]
Keeping Promises Horst Noppenberger’s article, “Addressing the Town’s Evolving Needs,” in the Feb. 7 edition, like the associated rendering, needs some added perspective. The picture shows a very modern building with trees towering above the structure and canyon hillsides and ridgelines serving as a backdrop, making the building appear to be very small in comparison. […]
Editor, A keen irony did not escape notice as to reporter Jennifer Erickson’s tandem pieces on today’s intersection of the arts and government in Laguna Beach. So, City Council opted to recruit a design firm to create plans for an inviting, landscaped pathway between F.O.A. and City Hall without noting scale, scope or budget? (“Design […]
Editor, There once was an artist name Louis Whoʼs project I fear makes me flu-ish. It ought to be small If any at all. So this whole thing I feel is quite foolish! Regumbah Connolly, Laguna Beach
Editor, When we drive through Laguna Canyon we see many bland and unsightly commercial and light industrial structures. In between are some typical and not so typical Laguna residential charmers… And to make it brief, the proposed artist live-work project, designed by architect Horst Noppenberger, will not only be a much desired and preferred addition […]
Editor, In regards to our town, what’s happening to Laguna? Aren’t we supposed to be different, than the rest of Orange County? Seems to me, we are slowly becoming like Newport Beach, big houses and more flashy cars. I love Laguna, always will. However, the way, I see Laguna! New residents vs. Old residents. Change […]
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