Opinion: Outside In
Fast and Furious
By David Weinstein
The weather was near perfect on Sunday afternoon, so we decided to drive down to the Festival of Arts. There...
Opinion: Musings on the Coast
Who Wants Hotel Laguna Closed?
Laguna’s most iconic structure is Hotel Laguna. It was first built around 1880 and made of wood, but burned down...
Opinion: Ballot Initiatives and Referendums From Laguna’s Past
By Michael Morris
We Laguna Beach residents regularly enjoy the benefits that past local ballot initiatives (BI) have produced in our beautiful physical environment and...
Opinion: Left of Center
“Shining a Light”
By Jean Hastings Ardell
I missed the Blue Moon Sunday night. Chalk it up to news avoidance, which I adopted recently when the...
Opinion: Overheard at the Susi Q
This conversation took place sometime in the near future at the Senior Center Bingo Bonanza.
Fred: (reading this paper) Hey Mabel, did you hear about...
Opinion: Finding Meaning
The More You Learn
The Beautiful Wife and I are back in bucolic Midway Utah, high in the Wasatch Range of the Rocky Mountains. Midway...
Laguna Beach United Methodist Church promotes new leaders
Megan Waters and Jeremiah Krueger, worship leaders at Laguna Beach United Methodist Church, have taken on additional responsibilities for the congregation.
The Leadership Board approved...
2021 Laguna Bluebelt Photo Contest Captures Ocean’s Magic
The Annual Laguna Bluebelt Photo Contest celebrates its tenth year of attracting top professionals and emerging amateur photographers of the ocean and marine life.
This year’s...
Mission Hospital reminds visitors of COVID-19 test mandate
A recently announced state mandate requires hospital visitors to either show proof of vaccination or a negative result on a COVID-19 test within 72...
Friendship Shelter named nonprofit of the year by O.C. assemblymember
Assemblymember Laurie Davies (R-Laguna Niguel) presented Friendship Shelter with the Nonprofit of the Year Award for the 73rd Assembly District, recognizing its work to...
Letter: A Sorry Spectacle of Local Government
The Laguna Beach City Council ignored both the facts and the law in its rush to censure Councilman George Weiss for violating the Brown...
Letter: Fire Station at Ti Amo Property
I have emailed the City Council before on the city’s purchase of subject property which I strongly oppose. Without question the South Laguna fire...
Letter: Reverse Secret Decisions on Hotel Laguna
Last week, Village Laguna sent a request that the City Council cure a violation of the Ralph M. Brown Act committed during the Council’s...
Opinion: Wisdom Workout
Tender Discoveries
What would happen if shoes didn’t come in pairs? Imagine that instead of wearing the same style on both feet, you were free...
Opinion: Finding Meaning
Navajo Wisdom
In my role as Indy wandering columnist, the Beautiful Wife and I toured the Navajo Nation—by accident. Traveling with our grandson from a...