Town Crier

It’s deja vu all over again. Laguna approves a multiyear increase in water rates. It wasn’t that long ago that I saw our rates...

The American Red Cross continues to experience a severe blood shortage and donors of all blood types – especially type O and those giving...

LagunaTunes members have continued to rehearse separately, record separately, and gather online to produce another mini-concert. Channel your inner Bee Gees and hum along...

Adrift in the Doldrums By David Weinstein The Dog Days of Summer are upon us. I always thought that this expression came from the South, and...

How Tribes Define Our Reality There is a new theory gaining traction within socio-anthropological circles about gossip and tribes. In early humans, language skills quickly...

A Republican Speaks for Left of Center By Dan Ardell and Jean Hastings Ardell On July 6, Democrat Harley Rouda, our congressman from 2018 to 2020,...

Since I posted my “Here Comes the Stampede” column about the elitist, anti-tourism movement here in town, some of the usual trolls have come...

The Crooked Timber of Mankind The proof of a religion is found in its ability to help people improve, to make the bad good and...

The Boys & Girls Club of Laguna Beach recently received a $100,000 grant as a challenge gift to support inclusion, diversity, equity, and access. Joe Ziomek, a club alumnus and...

By Mike Beanan New water supplies can address Laguna’s annual need for protection from wildfires for the next 30 years. Two plans have been proposed....

A Subtle Trap When personal growth becomes a topic of interest, it is easy to get caught in a subtle and unexpected trap. This dilemma...

Just a Bunch of Activists The founding fathers wore tricorne hats, fancy jackets and white leggings, but were they more exceptional than our present leaders?...

Hidden Figures By David Weinstein “Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes.” Henry David Thoreau It’s summer, again, and I need new swim trunks. My current...

Getting Away to Honolulu It started with my friend Karis Wilde and me facing severe lockdown-itis. It was so bad, we decided to go somewhere...

Repairing the World Last Sunday was Neighborhood Congregational Church’s first post-pandemic service. I was invited to join as they returned to public worship. It was...