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The Fed Points The Way The Federal Reserve under new Chair Janet Yellen continues to shape the financial markets. Its policies persist in those set...

I’m excited about Thursdays. The other days are boring because they don’t have outdoor movie night at the Ranch. Instead, on those non-Thursdays, there’s...

I thought the door was closed on the village entrance project. Then I read there’s a community workshop scheduled to discuss the project for...

  The theme of the Pageant of the Masters 2014 is "The Art Detective.” Pageant Director Diane Challis was asked: "Who is the art detective?"...

By Keith Curry In more than eight years on the Newport Beach City Council, the lesson I have learned is that effective governance involves a...

Pyrotechnics on the Street and in Mid Air Stocks celebrated the Glorious Fourth with fireworks, as the Dow Jones Industrial Average finally went through 17,000. Investment...

  Everyone has something to give, but what do they leave behind? A legacy of some kind, perhaps just a moment of kindness. As I was...

Each July 4 we celebrate Independence Day, the day on which our nation pauses to honor and to extend gratitude for those many great...

  Thankfully we have our pool back. The Aqua Fit class dutifully follows our Princess Mermaid, Helen Conroy. She optimistically leads us year after year...

  I read in the Indy that the senior center is looking for a younger crowd.  Be careful what you wish for.  Suppose they get...

Enjoy what’s left of your off season routine. Last Saturday, June 21, marked the official start of summer and the arrival of tourists. With the...

Editor, How lovely to drive along the Coast Highway, rays of sun painting the waves, shimmering, the white crests pounding onto the sand. If you...

  Don’t drive a Tesla . . . unless you’re prepared to be utterly smitten by its features and performance and sticker-shocked at the $100,000...

There’s an art thief amongst us. “Tableaux vivants” are disappearing at rehearsals. “At first we didn’t notice. There’s so many volunteers backstage, the commotion...

Oil for Troubled Waters  American consumers have been unusually restrained over the past five years. The financial crisis shook complacency in reliable real estate investment....