Opinion: Left of Center
“Fall Reflections”
By Jean Hastings Ardell
Growing up back East it was a semi-annual ritual – fall and spring cleaning, a weeding out of closets, drawers,...
Patchwork: Running on Half-Empty
By Chris Quilter
My friend and fellow columnist Randy Kraft gave me the idea for my Thanksgiving column in her Thanksgiving column last week. Writing...
Wisdom Workout
The Love Connection
Valentine's Day falls on a Saturday this year so the excuse that your business schedule is grueling isn’t going to fly.
Let’s do...
Opinion: Common Sense
Dark Money Running Laguna Now
By Michèle Monda
The City Council accepted $20,000 from the Chamber of Commerce to help fund a parking structure study. The...
Village Matters
Reclaiming Our Water Equilibrium
So how’s your water conservation going? Ours is going great. We have a new gray water system. This is how it...
Opinion: Pet Peeves
Pineapple Express
By Mark D. Crantz
I watched from my monastery window as Laguna Beach was hit with the Pineapple Express. It was raining cats and...
Taking Stock
There Ought To Be Clowns
Congress confronts another budget crisis of its own creation, yet the major stock market averages are flirting with five-year highs....
The Kibitzer
Finally, Enlightenment Over Water Conservation
Just when you thought Orange County was a hopeless backwater of evangelicals and climate deniers, His Holiness the 14th Dalai...
Opinion: Those Braying Buzzkills Bombing our Beaches
By Billy Fried
Summer is here. And so is all of Riverside. If this week is any indication, we are in for a holy hell...
Wisdom Workout
A Sanity Assessment
Instead of making a list of New Year's resolutions, maybe it is time for another approach. Knowing where you are is the...
The Kibitzer
Where There’s Smoke, There’s Ire
Councilwoman Toni Iseman opened Agenda Item 22 at the last Council meeting by informing us that Laguna Beach had one...
Does the Wet Suit You
Gold-plated Endorsement
The scrum of serious City Council candidates was thick at this Labor Day pancake breakfast in Heisler Park. For the past two decades you’d...
Shaping a Greener, More Pedestrian-Friendly Town
Greek philosopher Plato said of his Athens community: “This city is what it is because our citizens are what they are.” If true, what...
LBHS Grad Inspires Global Leaders
Britt Yamamoto, an ‘88 graduate of Laguna Beach High School, was recently awarded the Humanitarian Service Award by University of Michigan’s College of Literature,...
Opinion: Village Matters
Silly Season is Underway
The months before an election are called “the silly season.” This is the time that the politicians must woo the electorate...