Columns

By Ellen Girardeau Kempler   In neighborhoods bordering Laguna’s wilderness, there’s a natural echo you often hear when fire engines answer a nighttime call.  The primal,...

By Mia Davidson and Jan Sattler   Due to its bright coloring and star shape, the ochre sea star (Pisaster ochraceus) is one of the most...

By Mark D. Crantz   Laguna Beach is pretty as a picture.  But wait not so fast.  That can’t be.  I’m in the shot and someone’s...

“Nobody and I mean nobody comes into our house and pushes us around. Play like a champion!” –Skipper quoting Knute Rockne at the 2013...

By Arnie Silverman As we celebrate Independence Day, national focus for those who seriously contemplate the holiday will be on the Founding Fathers – Washington,...

By Michele McCormick   Gay folks in Laguna won’t have to wait for this month’s Supreme Court decisions on the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and...

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...

Take a break from business and read a good story this summer. Here’s a sampling from my alternate persona, the OC Book Blogger, all...

Last Friday, the Laguna Beach Woman's Club held its annual Woman of the Year luncheon. This year, Peggie Thomas was the deserving recipient. Gayle...

Beekeeper Charlotte Bell “Shared the Buzz on Bees” at the South Laguna Community Garden Park on Saturday. As our local bees buzzed happily on...

By Howard Hills An ad hoc coalition of evangelical church leaders is lobbying with zeal in support of legalization and public benefits for unlawful migrants....

The last one, my youngest, Harrison, graduated from Sage Hill High School. My first was Margarita Aguilar, whose whole family had come to live with...

From Corrections To Jazz The market’s uptrend momentum lost energy and the background news of anxieties about interest rates pushed it into a “correction.” This...

by Chris Quilter This edition of Patchwork got underway in the utilitarian jurors' lounge at the Santa Ana Courthouse, where solid citizens silently pray they...