Opinion: Finding Meaning
A Good News Story
One good news story is Laguna’s churches are resuming regular meetings, replete with the graces we have missed. Of Laguna’s public...
Opinion: Fire Suppression In Laguna Beach Using Recycled Water
By Roger Butow
Logistical and economic feasibility matter. Creating a separate recycled water system for fire suppression in our canyons fails both metrics. More importantly,...
Letter: LBHS Alumna Needs Our Help
My sister Brigitte Naughton (who is 20 years younger than me) was born and raised in Laguna. Brigitte went through the whole Laguna school...
Letter: LBUSD Deserves Assertive School Board
On June 21, the school board reviewed the performance of the Superintendent whose contract was scheduled to be approved Thursday for another three years...
Letter: Ocean Avenue Parklets
I have noticed that new dining decks have been installed on lower Ocean Avenue in front of the new restaurant moving into the former...
Letter: Good Conversation, Post-Pandemic
It’s been 15 months since the pandemic began and the Community and Susi Q Center closed. My favorite thing to do at the “Q”...
Laguna Beach USD board member to speak at Laguna Beach GOP meeting
The Laguna Beach Republicans (LBGOP) will hold its first in-person meeting of the year on June 30 with guest speaker Dee Perry, a member...
City manager to keynote Village Laguna virtual meeting
Village Laguna will virtually host City Manager Shohreh Dupuis as the guest speaker at its 7 p.m. general meeting on June 28.
Dupuis was hired...
Opinion: Wisdom Workout
A Sensational Life
A concept is defined as an abstract mental picture held as static and unchanging.
When we lock our self-knowledge into static definitions, we...
Opinion: Living an Artist’s Dream
By Rebecca Washington-Lindsey
On June 11, I attended a popular Laguna Beach Tradition Blessing of the Artists Ceremony. The event celebrated the opening of the...
Opinion: Village Matters
A Dana Point Future for Laguna?
I wonder if only Dana Point had more citizen involvement would we be seeing those new huge structures in...
Opinion: Here Comes the Stampede
“Bring us your tired, your poor, your quarantined masses yearning to breathe free.”
It’s that punishing time of year again. No, it’s not that crush...
Opinion: Finding Meaning
Recovering Our Stories
People, especially in Laguna, are endlessly fascinating. Here’s a story from Laguna’s past involving the 1932 death of an aspiring artist, Laguna’s...
Laguna Beach trolleys are rolling again
After a 15-month hiatus due to COVID-19, Laguna Beach trolley service resumed Friday on the Canyon, Coastal, and Summer Breeze Routes.
This year, the Summer...
LCAD annual gala raises $172K for academic programs, scholarships
Laguna College of Art + Design (LCAD) raised $172,000 at its Annual Collector’s Choice Gala on June 5 at LCAD Big Bend Campus.
The gala...