Town Crier

In the aftermath of 2018’s general election and my frustration of our community’s inability to grow, I have made a list of ten major commercial...

Bob Dylan was right, "The times they are a changin." The third verse of his 1964 mega-hit is quite prophetic: Come senators, congressmen Please heed the...

Sky is Falling Everyone knows the story of Chicken Little. It’s a folktale about a chicken running around predicting the world is coming to an...

The Cleo Last week’s Planning Commission meeting was a humdinger to a packed house. Well, it started out as a humdinger and slowly descended into...

Family Businesses Among the things that make Laguna unique are our family businesses. We’re not a town of corporate cookie-cutter storefronts; in Laguna, it’s about...

Not So Random Thoughts This column is random-but-connected thoughts, beginning with: THE NATIONAL ELECTIONS We’re back to a two-party system. This means the Democrats will investigate...

Laguna Beach Eye Surgeon Receives Eagle Scout Award Local eye surgeon John Hovanesian of Harvard Eye Associates has received the nationally recognized Distinguished Eagle...

Local nonprofit Tony’s Treehouseis conducting a food drive to benefit the Laguna Food Pantry in support of Hunger and Homelessness Awareness month. The group...

Let Down The midterms are over. I feel let down. The donkeys won the House. The elephants won the Senate. The game ended in a...

Donald Ingwerson, a nationally noted education reformer who headed several big-city school districts including the 1.5-million-student Los Angeles County schools, died Nov. 4 at...

TheSawdust Festival Winter Fantasyfeatures 175 artists and makers, three stages of live music and entertainment, thousands of lights and decorations, glassblowing and art demos,...

Neighborhood Church in Laguna Beach invites the public to create a hands-on, mosaic wall mural. Activity dates are Nov. 16-18 and 24, 11 a.m....

In view of the devastating loss of homes most recently, perhaps we should take a look at building homes other than the “stick” houses—that...

I want to thank the Laguna Beach Fire Department, and especially Ray Lardie—he has removed an incredible amount of dry vegetation not only in...