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  My sister, Kathy, went to Laguna Beach High School. Once in a while she would skip school in the afternoon, grab a taco, and...

  By Alice C. Meek "I'm picking up dad at noon today. We'll drive into Laguna immediately, if I can talk him out of stopping for...

Guardian Angels I was fascinated reading the Indy article, “Devout Artist Focuses Her Lens on Heaven.”   Kerry Swank is a gifted photographer who did photographic...

Editor’s Note: New submissions from Christine Fugate’s writing class. In 2001, our children out of high school, my wife convinced me we should move to...

Don’t Let the Lights Go Out No holiday lights, no candles in the windows. The step-houses—the second homes-- are empty for the holidays. And most...

Freya bit into her pastry. "Odin, honey, can you grab me some napkins? This lingonberry tart is just oozing all over the place," she...

  I knew where I went wrong after it was all over. That night, my husband lay drenched in sweat, swearing as he struggled to construct...

From Trick Or Treat To Naughty Or Nice Only a few weeks ago, kids were in Halloween costumes and the Dow Jones Industrials Average was...

By Stian Morck The weekend started early.  John Bodrero, Julius Morck, my boys Alex and Gus Morck and yours truly enjoyed a Saturday round of...

A Re-gift Suggestion Wow. I read in the Indy that Bill and Sue Gross donated $10 million to Mission Hospital. This is the same amount...

In Need of a Silent Night I make the same mistake every year, shopping for Christmas at the mall or almost anywhere for that matter....

Low Pump Prices Pump Up Shoppers Sliding oil prices greased the skids for the largest stock market decline in two months. Media commentators sounded their...

Monkey in the Middle I’ve been taking the new digital Indy out for a test drive. I like it very much. It is user-friendly and...

Lucy’s mother quickly closed the windows in the kitchen. She was concerned that every living being on their sleepy South Laguna cul-de-sac could hear...

  By Alexandra Bank McMahon My earliest memory of Laguna Beach is of my mother driving me to Forest Avenue on a Saturday afternoon to audition...