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Downtown merchants are invited to join a send-off retirement party Saturday, June 24, for longtime UPS driver Jesse Kolling, who is turning in his brown uniform after 28 years making deliveries in Laguna Beach. The White House restaurant hosts the reception with cake, appetizers...

Lori Diane Connell-Snider, 60, of Purdy, Mo., entered into eternal rest on Monday, June 12, 2017, at her home after a battle with cancer. She was born in Inglewood on April 19, 1957, to Dave Connell and the late Diane Florence (Plisco) Connell. Lori was united in marriage to...

Dilemma Lingers On How do we solve our downtown dilemma: finding a way to foster our traditional small downtown within the changing economics of retail? Thanks for the thoughtful responses to this question I posed in my last column. Respondents have opened the door to more...

Fundraiser Supports Women Fleeing Violence About 50 people contributed $60,000 towards the Tahirih Justice Center during a fundraiser at the Laguna Beach home of Jeff and Suzy Elghanayan Sunday, June 11. Actress Eva LaRue described the efforts of the Falls Church, Va.,...

It Just Keeps Rolling This old bull market just keeps rolling along. The current bull run celebrated its eighth birthday in March and is now the second longest since WWII. A bull market is conventionally defined as a rise uninterrupted by a 20% decline, which announces a bear...

The Power of the Tower A month back I wrote a column titled “Power of the Flower,” about the inspiring abundance of wildflowers we experienced this year. This column is about man’s ability to inspire through the emotional power of architecture. On my way home from my paddle-less...

My Father In His Turquoise Vinyl Recliner Swaddled like a mummy, my father lay on his turquoise vinyl recliner, with a second blanket protecting his lap against a chill. It could have been 1951 when he and my mother and their four children crossed the ocean to America as refugees...

Is America really the greatest? Independence Day is coming soon. This had me thinking about the subject, Is America really the greatest? Presently at least half of us are wondering what’s happened to the United States. Has the United States lost its greatness recently or long...

Are We Becoming More Ignorant? Maybe we dont see it in Laguna Beach. After all, look at us. Of residents over 25, 97% have graduated from high school. Sixty-five percent have at least a B.A., the highest percentage of any place in the area. Our outstanding schools, with their...

Members of the South Laguna Community Garden Park invite the community to a Country Fair on Sunday, June 25, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the corner of Eagle Rock Way and Coast Highway. The Country Fair will feature local crafters who specialize in handmade arts, prizes donated by...

Downtown City staff recommended rejecting a CVS Pharmacy to replace Laguna Drugs. Staff cited the city’s Downtown Specific Plan that establishes development guidelines discouraging applications by national chains that fail to differentiate their product offerings and standardized...

A Father’s Day Tribute Our father’s live forever in our consciousness. Their interactions with us crucially impact our sense of self and how we interpret our place in the world. The role of father was often ill defined in the past as a shadow-figure, the head of...

Eyes On The Targets Investors who did not “sell in May and go away” are fortunate they disregarded that ancient Wall Street cliché. After a 1.2% gain on the S&P 500 in May, the S&P is up another 1% in the first week of June, In contrast to the continuing political clamor...

Seeking a Traditional-Contemporary Downtown Blend My Aunt Margaret begged before Christmas, “Don’t get me anything!” To her the important part of the holiday was getting together with the family for a nice meal. As a child I just couldn’t understand not wanting gifts for...