Columns

By Paul Freeman Editor's Note: Freeman released a somewhat lengthier version of what runs below this past Monday. On Wednesday, the city announced it was...

Knockout punch, or a great comeback? By Jeffrey Redeker Quarantine, work-from-home, shelter-in-place, lockdown and so many other phrases we hear daily are encapsulated by the closing...

By Billy Fried   Admit it. Virus notwithstanding, Laguna has never looked so good. Our classic summer weather of sun mixed with cool marine layer has...

Shutting Down Residents’ Voices There are many ways to fight opposition to your point of view. At the July 23 City Council meeting, we saw...

Life Coach-Lesson 10 By Mark Crantz You’ve been cooped up for weeks on end. You find yourself waiting at the mailbox for your ancestry.com DNA test...

Despite the many horrors confronting us on the regu­lar, Laguna continues to inoculate us from despair with her bounty of delights. November once again...

By Billy Fried By the time you read this, there may be as many as 1,000 comments on a “Laguna Locals” Facebook group post by...

“We are at the extremities now. At the end of this tunnel of darkness, however, there is invariably a light, which we already divine,...

By Mia Davidson and Jan Sattler Numerous sea shells, naturally deposited by the tides, can be found along the shore of Laguna Beach. Shells are...

By Johanna Felder Michael Ray’s column last week is another attack on Village Laguna. As president of our nearly 50-year-old organization I must respond. These attacks...

A Dana Point Future for Laguna? I wonder if only Dana Point had more citizen involvement would we be seeing those new huge structures in...

By Paul Freeman Editor’s Note: Freeman is a former paid consultant for companies managed by Mohammad Honarkar. He has no pending claims against his former...

Zooming the City Council As some of you may be aware, the Laguna Beach City Council now “Zooms” its meetings.   This was necessary because...

Laguna and Elections by-District It is hard to keep up with all the laws and regulations coming from Sacramento affecting our small town.  The California...

Re-Opening Laguna By Jennifer Welsh Zeiter President Donald Trump’s guidelines for opening up America are worth reading, containing very useful information, and calls for re-opening America...