Finding Meaning
Choices That Free Us
“Finding Meaning,” last week, referenced Robert Frost’s poem, “The Road Not Taken.” It’s America’s most popular poem. The column was about...
Clinic Readies for Annual Fiesta
The Laguna Beach Community Clinic's annual Cinco de Mayo Fiesta will be held on Sunday, May 6, beginning at 5:30 p.m. at Seven Degrees.
Participant’s...
Garden Tour Peeks Behind South Laguna Gates
Laguna Beach Garden Club’s “Gate & Garden Tour” will be held Friday, May 4, from 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Ten private South Laguna gardens...
Guest Column
The Carnivore at My Window
Lots of people dislike birds, especially if they’ve lived in cities alongside pigeons.
Not me. I was 9 years old when...
Marthann Newton
Marthann Newton, 86, of Laguna Beach, passed away March 4, 2018, in Springdale, Ark.
She was born Nov. 15, 1931, in Auburn, Ala., to Julian...
Pet Peeves
Art Talks
Art imitates life. But what do the rest of us do not named Art? So I asked Art, if I could come over...
Just for Laughs
Read the Personals
I AM MATURE, RESPONSIBLE and efficient – except the times when I’m not. I will babysit your cat, dog, bird or fish. ...
Handicapped Access Remains Blocked
Editor,
I live have lived across from Montage hotel and beach for 15 years. When the hotel was built, a public ramp to the beach...
Forget Undergrounding, Let’s Go Solar
Editor,
UndergroundLagunaNow.org reads "Above ground utilities are the single biggest threat to our public safety. "
The proponents of undergrounding use fear to motivate voters to...
Underground Push Wrong on Several Levels
Editor,
The undergrounding project should be scaled back and limited in scope to reduce the enormous cost burden on resident taxpayers and our many seniors...
Follow the Money
Editor,
Since July 2015, the City Council has been focused on undergrounding utilities in Laguna Beach. Southern California Edison filed a lawsuit challenging the Laguna...
Poet Laureate Welcomes the Next Chapter
Editor,
This letter is in response to Ellen Kempler’s letter of April 19, 2018.
It’s been my honor to serve as Laguna Beach’s inaugural poet laureate....
Taking Stock
Growing, Growing, Growing
The end of April shows stocks down for three of the four months of 2018. Investors remain grumpy, almost ignoring the strongest...
Village Matters
Standing Up for the Trail
Ever wonder how people traveled along the coast before Coast Highway was built in 1926? There was the old Coast...
Does the Wet Suit You?
Slip Sliding Away
The notion that our small town civic leaders would need the services of consultants and professional pollsters, costing hundreds of thousands of...