Columns

Savin' the Earth on St. Patrick's Day Serendipity is my old friend. I've certainly had more than my fair share of it. Though I'm not...

Dog Gone By Mark D. Crantz I was very excited. I snuck out of my retirement monastery to try out for next year’s Pageant of the...

Your Rhythm and Timing Intuition has gotten a bum rap over the years. Contrary to popular belief, intuition isn’t a soft, inconsequential skill.    It has...

By Russ Gerber Old friends from my early career days recently found me through social media, and each time one of their messages arrived, I...

Hi Neighbor The Laguna Beach Unified School District released its 2023 Annual Report. I got this report by mail. It said, “Hi, Neighbor.” The postman...

The Delight of Learning New Things, No Matter Our Age By Lynette Brasfield  Contrary to what Sherlock Holmes told Dr. Watson in The Adventure of the Mazarin...

By Nessa Kavanagh  In 90s Ireland, gender separated our secondary schools, and the Catholic Church governed 95% of our educational institutions. Some of our teachers...

By Dr. Mathew Cohen and Dr. Roxanne Kruger, Laguna Beach Veterinary Medical Center  Rattlesnakes are most active from April to October and sedentary during the...

A Brush Stroke in a 21-Year Project By Gary Stewart Matthew Willey, who just created a mural at the Water District on 3rd Street, adding to...

It Takes Two Pools to Tango By Steve McIntosh Back in 2018, the city, along with an amenable school district, created a plan to resolve expanded...

Step Up Dustin Hoffman is one of my all-time favorite actors. His career started back in 1961 and has continued to the present. He was...

The Other Hand By Mark D. Crantz I write these columns. Send them in via Main Beach carrier pigeons. Indy places them. Then resounding silence. Every...

Decision gone wrong Three arborists sat behind the table in front of the city council last Thursday attempting to tell the story of the condition...

Unless your head is buried in the sand – or in a good book - you probably know by now that Gelson’s South Laguna...

In the 2020 presidential election, Joe Biden won 80 million popular votes to Trump's 74 million. In the Electoral College, Biden won 306 votes...