Columns

Laguna Beach.  Another perfect day in Paradise, but oh no, what about an entrance?  Truth be told, I’m more an expert about exits. “Here’s...

They Are Not Just ‘Pets’ We all have lost people we love. We deal with it in our own separate ways with varying degrees of...

Birth of Belief North Korea is an enigma, known for public executions, militant bombast, and famine. Add to that a people so desperate for freedom...

Moderating an Overreach The day after the Coast Inn hearing last week at the City Council here was this surprise email from one of the...

There was a lively discussion that was in full swing by the time I got my coffee and sat down with some friends. The...

By Gene Felder The City Council squanders money paying consultants money usually to tell us the obvious or something that doesn’t fit Laguna Beach in...

New Arts Venue Emerges on Park Plaza Tonight is the night of nights in Laguna, when we see so many of our friends and neighbors...

By Martha Lydick   Laguna Beach Greenbelt Inc. and other supporters of Measure CC expect voters to accept a biased, self-serving interpretation of the ballot they...

"Nothing's better for me than going out in the water with four guys , and it's so much damn fun!" --Corky Smith, Brooks Street...

Celebrating Our Volunteers By Lynette Brasfield  When I considered retiring, I researched potential volunteering opportunities. I’m not good with children, feared that I’d want to take...

Editor, Twenty-four years ago a letter ran in the LA Times protesting an ad the Irvine Company ran promoting The Laguna Laurel housing development. Ironically, the...

We’re in Control, Right? It’s Oct. 27 again—and again we are coughing from smoke. Unlike Oct. 27, 1993, the fires are not here in Laguna,...

  We’re not even in the top 14 happiest places nationwide, according to a University of Vermont study that correlated cities across the country with...

This Thing Called Love By Skip Hellewell The Super Bowl will celebrate excellence in the hard, win-lose world of football. One team will celebrate, while the...

Read the Personals VEGAS-BOUND – Old retired guy looking for same with car.  You drive both ways; I pay for deluxe hotel. Prime location/4 days. We...