Columns

Hacked-Off, Hacked-On Every now and again I’m renewed with hope. The Indy column “Teens Help Seniors Navigate Technology,” is one such uplifting example. LBHS students...

Read the Personals BEST CAT EVER – Melvin is a 6 year old, neutered cat, black and white.  We’re looking for a good home for...

The Importance of Horseradish Did you get one of those fancy cars with the bow on top for Christmas? Or some of that kiss-worthy jewelry?...

Happy New Year On The Street Wall Street observed the New Year in reverse order. Crowds in the streets, noisemakers and fireworks celebrated the passing...

Schemeboat It was Wednesday 10 a.m. And once again, we were meeting in the boiler room of the Susi Q Center. Our existence has been...

Read the Personals     NEW YEAR’S EVE BUS – For $25 per person let our buses drive you door-to-door to five dive bars where there’s no...

It Was A Very Good Year It was a very good year for stocks. With the closing bell coming on Friday, the broad S&P 500...

A Year Beyond Our Imagining   “And these are the good days in life Building castles made of sand. Always knowing that the tide gonna come To take them...

Fire Risk Eclipses All City Priorities In the aftermath of what may have been California’s worst fire season, I have decided what I want most...

A Wake-up Call If this year has taught anything, it is that relying on external circumstances to provide safety and security is a fool's journey. Since...

Holidays and Mixed Emotions   A couple of things make me uncomfortable about December. First, it gets dark way too early, and second, it is a...

Bluff I was on the edge while reading Indy’s, “Planners Consider Changes to Beach Bluff Development.” 99% of beach strollers urged the Pet Peeves columnist...

Read the Personals GIFTED PSYCHIC – I can help you with love relationships, illness, healing, money problems, family matters. I provide the answers for you. ...

Tourism should pay for undergrounding and more We all love Laguna Beach and we know why. With the good, we must also endure the bad,...

Ever have a dream of being a struggling passenger cast overboard in a stormy sea, frantically trying to grasp the edges of a lifeboat—only...