Columns

Frogman I went to the laser light show hosted by the Laguna Art Museum. I was standing on the surf line at Main Beach. I...

Congestion Suggestion Last week my friend and colleague David Hanson of that cross-town paper quoted me saying I was down on the City Council because...

Shopping For Blue Chips Halfway through the fourth quarter and investors nervously anticipate both the Federal Reserve meeting in mid-December and the critical retail shopping...

My dog was relieved to read “Laguna Hits Water Conservation Targets.” Scratch that. The dog was happy when I read the article to him....

Take Action During Medicare Enrollment Period Earlier this year, Medicare celebrated its 50th anniversary. For half a century, older Americans and other beneficiaries have set...

Painful Cost of Rising Home Prices Our neighbor had a garage sale for the second weekend in a row. After 10 years in the small...

  Transpacific Drought and Plastics  When I pick up trash at our local Table Rock Beach, most of what I gather consists of plastics: empty single-use...

The Tell All I was fascinated reading Laguna Beach Magazine’s article, “Capturing the Canyon.” For those of you who liked it as much as me,...

Gluten Freed  I’m in Italy this week, in search of gluten. I want gluten, extra gluten, with some truffles on top please. Good heavens what has...

Sid’s Paradise I met Sid at my local cove late the other afternoon. It was hot, humid and windy. My intention was to kayak if...

  Waiting for GoDOT   I read the Indy story, “Riders Overwhelm South-Route Trolley,” as I waited for a south route trolley at the corner of Diamond...

Succulent Spiny Specimen In several places except for Laguna Beach, the California Spiny Lobster (Panuliris interruptus) season has opened. Located along the Pacific Coast from...

It is a Happy Halloween! Stocks are greeting Halloween with a strong October, up around 5% since the end of August. Other than companies dependent...

Editor, In response to Joanna Felder's “Bad News/Good News” letter of last week about the pedestrian traffic signal at LCAD, I could not agree more. The...

Not enough to do? “I’m bored. There’s nothing to do.” Can anyone in Laguna say that? I never make the society pages in Riviera or Laguna...