Musings on the Coast: The Midnight Surfer
I keep having a dream I am on a body board and surfing the airwaves high above Laguna.
I’ve been a surfer all my life...
Taking Stock
He Walks the Line
Stocks continue to take direction from the comments of Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke. He recently emphasized that the Fed remains committed...
Questions Raised About Village Entrance
Editor,
I recently interviewed Councilperson Elizabeth Pearson about Village Entrance that will air on Laguna radio KX93.5 this Sunday at 8 a.m.
Pearson indicated if there...
Minding Our Business: Moving Targets
I recently returned from my annual summer sojourn to NYC, my home town, home of the arts, where you could fry an egg on...
Pet Peeves: School Fight
By Mark D. Crantz
Laguna Beach’s school district is in a twitter. A fight has broken out in the hall. The gloves are off. Get...
Speaker’s Corner: School Board must clean house NOW
By Howard Hills
At its June 11 meeting the school board approved Superintendent Smith's staffing plan for her handpicked senior administrative team. Director of Fiscal Services,...
Patchwork: Rode Trip
by Chris Quilter
Firmly convinced of the superiority of my driving skills, I'm a lousy passenger. Drivers generally put up with my involuntary gasps, Vulcan...
Wisdom Workout: Paradox
Have you noticed that if you attempt to care deeply about everyone and everything, you end up stretched so thin that you become brittle,...
Shore Scene: Marine Menace
By Mia Davidson and Jan Sattler
Before dinosaurs roamed the earth, sea jellies drifted in the oceans. As a member of one of the oldest...
Pet Peeves: No More Dirty Looks
By Mark D. Crantz
I found paradise in Laguna Beach. Now the trick is figuring out how to stay here. My 201K can buy you...
Local Currents: Don’t Be a Kook
“Beat it, kook!” –often heard on the Brooks Street Reef lately.
The Independence Day holiday weekend feels like the start of summer: our first consistent...
Speaker’s Corner: A Natural Beauty
By Michael Beanan
Long before Laguna Beach became a tourist mecca it was an art colony. From around the world, artists were drawn to the...
Musings on the Coast: Neutrality In America
America is a place of turmoil. While I was growing up in Newport Beach, there were TV stories of fire hoses spraying black people...
Wisdom Workout: Paradox
Have you noticed that if you attempt to care deeply about everyone and everything, you end up stretched so thin that you become brittle,...