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The Season of Incivility I went kayaking last Sunday with a group of schoolteachers from Pasadena who were spending a week in Laguna for their...

Grass Roots Garden There is a Interlandi cartoon depicting Mr. Laguna accompanied by his long suffering wife looking at another couple. That couple is dressed...

Climate Activists Accept Another Inconvenient Truth   What a week.  Washington, D.C. in June was abuzz with throngs of climate change activists who came to the...

Local historian Eric Jessen shares his detective work finding the spots where several pioneering plein air artists plopped down their easels along the Old...

Tankersley Bids Adieu After 46 years of ministry, Rev. Dr. Jerry Tankersley is retiring as senior pastor of Laguna Presbyterian Church on June 30. The community...

Kim Harley passed away peacefully on June 2, 2018,  in his Laguna Beach home. A 42-year long resident of Laguna Beach, Kim was known for...

A paddle out in honor of Richard C. Carlson, a Laguna Beach resident who died this past week, is scheduled for 6 p.m. Saturday,...

Greg Slevcove took his last breath and joined his father and grandparents late in the evening on June 9. Although Greg did not live a...

A Boatload Sometimes more news reveals itself between Indy stories.  Last week was an example.  I read the Indy’s “Human Smugglers Return to Crystal Cove.” Followed...

Read the Personals HELP ME PROPOSE TO MY GIRLFRIEND.  Flash mob of talented singers, dancers and musicians wanted for event at Heisler Park gazebo, Laguna...

Dow Reverses Year’s Gains This week, the Dow Jones Industrial Average went negative for 2018. In contrast, the broader S&P 500 is currently up 3%...

Editor, My family and I drove to Urth Caffe in Laguna Beach not because they were offering free coffee and desserts as part of a...

Editor, I’ve been meaning to write to you ever since I saw the street sign article in last Friday’s Indy “Signs Point the Way to...

Editor, While the city is busy with its high priced consultants trying to figure out the best language to place on the November ballot to...

Editor, We are the current owners of the house high up on Pearl Street that "...sadly has suffered the same fate as befell the Festival's...