Columns

“Slow down. This ain’t LA.” –bumper sticker seen in Laguna Beach   Two men died April 2 unnecessarily in a Laguna Canyon car accident. While the...

Re: Steve Kawaratani’s column (“A Parent’s Lament,” April 12 edition.)   You’ve seen them on the streets, the ones who talk to themselves.  The ones who...

It is gloomy this morning but I can still conjure up the feelings generated by the sunshine we've recently enjoyed. The main reason for my...

Double Or Bubble? Four years ago in March 2009, the Dow Jones Industrial Average bottomed out at 6,547 and the S&P 500 at 677. They...

I just signed on for the Five Points plan at Heidelberg Café. Why not? They didn’t ask for my email address, so no spam,...

by Chris Quilter   Reader beware: this could be one of my morbid columns. It's about an old friend who died recently, causing me to ponder...

By Jan Sattler and Mia Davidson California Mussels (Mytilus californianus) are the most commonly found empty shell and are the most visible mollusks observed along...

Growing up in a Victorian farmhouse was not as romantic as one might think.  For one thing there was only one bathroom and it...

As I perambulate about the community, I often am asked what I do, as in, who are you? My kids are not certain, since...

By Mark D. Crantz   Laguna Beach.  Another perfect day in Paradise, but there isn’t any parking.  Back to the airport kids. We’ll just make do...

“And go 'round and 'round and 'round in the circle game.” –Joni Mitchell   Change and transition are part of life.  Family and friends become ill,...

Stocks are alternating up and down days, creating a chart pattern that looks like an electrocardiogram. The market’s uptrend remains intact but under some...