Columns

For the last three years, the favorite phrase of many Wall Street traders has been “Sell in May and go away.” Like most sayings...

by Chris Quilter     To the young man on a skateboard outside my house: I wish to publicly apologize for being a crosspatch. I should not...

My daughter, Sara, and my newest granddaughter, Aroha, are reunited with "Papa" in Bangkok and this new little family is on their way back...

Santina Davies is in the business of rehabilitation. Her own physical rehabilitation has been her full-time occupation for six years. Following a successful climb on...

By Mia Davidson and Jan Sattler Colored a light sandy gray with an oval shaped body, Pacific mole crabs (Emerita analoga) also called Pacific sand...

By Mark D. Crantz   Laguna Beach.  Another perfect day in Paradise, but oh no, there are makeovers.  These changes are for the most part good....

Ours is a town of causes and we’re often asked to contribute, sometimes by buying a chance on a raffle.  This time my friend...

Up, Up And Away Stocks held their course through a choppy season of quarterly earnings reports. Many companies met or exceeded earnings estimates but often...

Our kids grow up and one day leave Laguna.  Laguna, however, seldom leaves them.  They go off to college armed with their wits, often...

By Pat Chatlin The day the Laguna Beach Garden Club announces that Lower Lombardy Lane is going to be “a point of interest” on its...

By Mark D. Crantz   Laguna Beach.  Another perfect day in Paradise, but oh no, there are initiatives.  Earth Day.  Kelp Day.  Wellness Initiative.  Here are...

“Let’s stop buying that s---!” Maggie Hempen, Healthy Girl Festival founder.   Like the student who stood in front of the tanks at Tiananmen Square, it...

Hits, Misses  & Forecasts Quarterly earnings reports fell upon a stock market ready to react. Which way to react was unclear as what seemed as...

by Chris Quilter     The City Council's decision to spend $50,000 on a transportation consultant to scrutinize our local transit system could not have come at...