Columns

The Chamber of Commerce hosted its annual State of the City event on May 2—it was our largest turnout in history. Mayor Bob Whalen...

Ancestral Ties Do you remember Pan Am, the airline that brought us the golden age of international travel? Back in the day, Pan Am’s lovely...

By Greg Vail I listened to a recent KX 93.5 interview of Councilmember Elizabeth Pearson regarding the village entrance project. The interview struck me less...

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...

Editor, Last week in City Council chambers, I promised to report on Councilmember Verna Rollinger and her merry band of Village Laguna vigilantes any time...

Liberty & Monarchy   "The Arab Spring must be accompanied by a spring of freedom for all Arabs.” His Highness the Emir Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifia...

Okay Corral Marshall Dillon, Miss Kitty, Doc, and Festus can’t vote in Dodge City, Kansas. Not because they are dead, though that could also be...

Laguna Doing Its Part to Address Homelessness By Kelly Boyd, Outgoing Mayor of Laguna Beach On Nov. 5, federal district judge Andrew Guilford granted final approval...

The House that’s not a Home Across the street from us is a vacant house.  The couple that lived there with their little boy has...

Legacy These are exciting times we live in. The City Council gave approval for the Village Entrance. It took four decades. That’s longer than the...

Exporting Laguna Love   Picking up a new custom surfboard is still one of my favorite material experiences. Perfect glass, tinted resin, so many fin choices...

30 Years Was More Than Enough Judging from letters to the editor and the fiery exchanges between supporters of Liberate Laguna and Laguna Village, certain...

Mindful Flushing This November will decide the next few years for Laguna Beach as we vote on three of the five City Council seats. My...

Read the Personals   BLUE VW BUG CAR with 2016 Bernie sticker. If you like VW cars and old Bernie stickers attached, you will love this combo.It’s...

It Can’t Happen Here By Michael Ray We do not think it can happen here. I live above Diver’s Cove in a house...