Columns

It’s Almost Over  As the world knows now, the Chicago Cubs won their first World Series since 1908. Over the month following that historic victory,...

By Mark D. Crantz   Laguna Beach.  Another perfect day in Paradise, but oh no, there are initiatives.  Earth Day.  Kelp Day.  Wellness Initiative.  Here are...

Social Media & Hometown Connections   My last column, “The Changing Face of a Hometown,” brought full circle the power of social media to connect. Friend sent...

Blue Moon      For maybe six months, I had been dating the woman who was to become the love of my life. It was New Year's...

Bird Rock It was a historic moment for the Laguna Ocean Foundation and me this past Jan. 12, when President Obama announced that Bird and...

Favorite Time of Year   Can someone please explain the Southern California phenomenon of the pumpkin patch that springs up in October in large parking lots?...

"If you want a moose, you have to go where the moose are!" At last week's dinner honoring Toni Iseman, Hallie Jones revealed Toni's...

The Best Christmas Gift The best gifts are the unexpected, and in this case it was unexpected by both giver and receiver—the result of a...

Going for Gold 2022 It was quite the surprise to find out in reading Indy’s “Local Athlete Races on Sled Team,” that one of the...

By Amy Francis Dechary Kelly watched her husband Rich push the double Bob toward Candy Baron, their three-year-old son Jack kicking his feet (one was...

Hope Springs Eternal It’s hard to talk about much else these days but the delicious, life-affirming, all-consuming rains that have enveloped us. It washes away...

A wave of disappointment enveloped our city due to the necessary cancellation of our 48th Patriot's Day Parade, scheduled for March 1. Meticulous planning...

Sunday’s very last performance of the Laguna Beach High School’s musical “Bye Bye Birdie” was also the rendition of the last musical production by...

Led admirably by Principal Joanne Culverhouse, the educators at LBHS who we count on to keep students safe and help at risk young people have come up...

The Laguna Land Rush Think Laguna land is crazy expensive? Hah! Back in the day, it was free. Today is the 160th anniversary of President...