Columns

Things Are Looking Up Let me show readers my psychic powers. On Monday, Aug. 21 at 9:06 a.m. you were looking up. And I appreciate...

By Melissa Juniper Harris I would like to think it was a food delivery mistake, that at midnight when there was repeated banging on...

Laguna is back! The Promenade on Forest Avenue recently made her debut and was an instant smash, activating downtown with public seating, outdoor dining,...

A Discussion With Fumbles By Mark Crantz Writer’s Note: I had the pleasure to interview Bob Jackson from Barstow, California.  I hooked up with Mr. Jackson...

Steve Spiro is a 62-year-old Army infantry vet. Sue Wong is a 52-year-old high school coach. Mick Donoff is a 77 -year-old retired schoolteacher....

Defending the Soul of America By Jennifer Welsh Zeiter “Racism is not dead, but it is kept on life support – kept alive by politicians, race...

One of Laguna Beach’s endearing facets involves its greeter. Laguna has had a greeter off and on since the late 1800’s starting with Joe...

First Bird Leaves the Nest To be truly exhausted one must experience a vacation. My oldest son graduated from Laguna Beach High School a few months...

By Sue Kempf While watching the Village Laguna forum, I noted that their candidate, George Weiss, has created an alternate set of facts about past...

By Jean Hastings Ardell In the aftermath of George Floyd’s death beneath the knee of a police officer in Minneapolis on May 25, like many...

Three More Years of This? By Billy Fried We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the...

One of the privileges of hosting a radio talk show is getting to meet so many interesting personalities here in Laguna. But sometimes, serendipity...

The Landlord Experience I make a living by constructing and owning real estate, primarily the kind retail tenants occupy.    Nowadays, being a retail landlord ain’t...

By Roger Butow South Coast Water District has refused to consider Clean Water Now’s alternative plan: Use existing and potential recycled water sources, plus pump...

Knockout punch, or a great comeback? By Jeffrey Redeker Quarantine, work-from-home, shelter-in-place, lockdown and so many other phrases we hear daily are encapsulated by the closing...