Columns

Electric Bikes Rule(s) “Low rider knows every street, yeah Low rider is the one to meet, yeah Low rider don't use no gas now Low rider don't drive...

Blue Wave I was on my third reading of last week’s Indy. I know. I know. Most readers read through one time and then move...

Aunt Minnie’s Dream Ron Sizemore requested that this column address those open spaces generously distributed around town and whether or not they are wildlands wilderness...

Reunion Season From birth, our strongest bonds are to parents and to siblings. These ties grow to include the extended family. Consider the natural affinity...

Two Is Not Enough Our town is about to be torn apart once again. We live in the sweetest town imaginable and yet we don’t seem...

People of Faith Under Attack This week, I’m writing about the recent attempt by the California State Senate championed by Sen. Gerald (Jerry) Hill (D-San...

Not So Fast I read the Indy article “Council, Design Review Board Dive into Strategies to Simplify Home Remodels and Fire Breaks.” Wow, that’s a...

Sad Songs The story of San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station is a sad ballad of civil societies inability to keep pace with modern scientific and...

Holy Moly We just got our first look at architectural drawings for the proposed Museum Hotel and Cleo Hotel. They look great. Even the people...

78 Tattoos Becoming Art Perhaps you’ve noticed the increase in Laguna tattoo shops. Turns out there’s a “tattoo renaissance” going on, inspired by reality TV shows...

Gobbledegook It was a good news, bad news kind of day for a Victoria Beach family. An Orange County Superior Court judge upheld a cease...

Can’t Sell This In 1952, the Laguna Beach yellow pages listed two haberdasheries, 11 women’s wear shops, three lumber yards, 15 grocery markets, one machine...

Transformational Leadership Most would agree it’s a difficult thing to be the leader of a church. I’m a keen observer of Laguna’s church leaders. These...

Two for the Road Intrepid readers will recognize Kyuri Lin, my former long-time yoga instructor. This column is about how she and her boyfriend, Szymon...

School Board’s Sloppy, Secretive Management The July 16 School Board meeting was a battle between the public, who demands to be heard, and a school...