Columns

Leave It to Beaver 3, A Trilogy By Mark D. Crantz Recap? No, skip the recap. Readers are advised to go to the online Indy and...

What Would the Talking Heads Say? Laguna Beach politics lacks the kind of scrutiny that we are witnessing regarding the 2024 presidential contest. Hours of...

This summer Laguna has felt like one protracted frat house initiation, with a bunch of hooligans and miscreants drinking, puking and defiling our precious...

By Russ Gerber Musician Carlos Santana was interviewed on National Public Radio by Michel Martin, who asked about his background, upbringing, and life today. He...

Laguna’s Green Legacy and Its Path Forward Last week’s Indy ran a poignant memorial honoring a true environmental hero, Dr. Elizabeth Brown, whose name is...

By Michael Ray I’m on vacation in Italy. I left Laguna on July 5 after watching this year’s July 4 celebration with drones. The show lasted...

By Roger Butow “The road to Hell is paved with good intentions.” Portuguese proverb While everyone reacts to the proposed Related California/Neighborhood Congregational Church (RC/NCC) massive...

Leave It to Beaver 2, A Trilogy By Mark D. Crantz Here’s a recap for readers who missed the first column concerning the Beaver family. The...

By Pamela Knudsen When I read the news about the Fourth of July drone show, I burst into tears of joy. I know—a little overemotional,...

By Rebecca Washington-Lindsey We all know that those who work in government positions, business owners, educators, surfers, or work from 9 to 5 p.m. might...

When Taken by Surprise By Susan McNeal Velasquez Last weekend was one of those times when I was taken by surprise by the blaring news that...

By Roger Butow AB 2147, passed in 2022, is the so-called "Freedom to Walk Act." It was built on AB 1238, passed in 2021, which...

Leave It to Beaver By Mark D. Crantz A Trilogy-Part One It was an oft-heard Laguna story. A family moves from somewhere else and relocates to Laguna...

By Billy Fried Of the hundreds of snarky columns I’ve penned over the years to polarize and agitate my readers, nothing will inflame them more...

Jean Louis Egasse By Hunter Fuentes and Jon Stordahl Everyone loves a mystery! Last month Laguna Playhouse presented the show Holmes & Watson. Set on a...