Columns

The Life of George W. Thurston If you enjoy Laguna history, here’s a new tale—the life wanderings of George Washington Thurston. Thurston, our first homesteader,...

Summer’s Forecast Summer 2011 arrived this week on Tuesday, June 21. It’s the longest day of the year, though not time wise, but in the...

Fix the Traffic First I’m amazed that the big news everyone is talking about is the new cultural arts plan, and not the zen crushing...

What’s Under the Sawdust? What has three acres, over 200,000 visitors and sold at least 15,000 cups of beer and 3,600 glasses of wine last...

Meaning in New Year’s Resolutions We humans share an inborn instinct to self-improvement—we’re drawn to the uphill climb. This innate drive to elevate our lives...

Build a Garage and Bury the Lines Watching the recent firestorms in Northern California was a vivid reminder of the power and destructive fury of...

Endorsement tales and shenanigans It all looks so official when candidates cite their endorsements from supposedly impressive organizations. Behind the scenes, though, there are plenty...

Coast is Clear The Coast Inn developers were scheduled to come before the City Council on April 1. The developers requested a date change to...

The Tail Wags the Dog Two columns ago, we remembered Annaliese Schimmelpfennig, who, with her husband Paul, founded the noted three-campus Anneliese Schools, beloved by...

The Intuitive Artist It is really hard to describe art, and even harder to describe the art of Laguna’s Jorg Dubin. Some of his portraiture images...

Sunbathers Cooked Who could forget the Coppertone ad with the child’s dog pulling on her bathing suit? So far, two people have told me they...

Recently I spent two 10-12-hour days at the California Coastal Commission meeting in Long Beach’s City Council Chambers.  Had my schedule permitted, I would...

  The festival season officially starts this week. Along with the excitement of the summer activities, comes the pervasive ritual that has been honed to...

From Trick Or Treat To Naughty Or Nice Only a few weeks ago, kids were in Halloween costumes and the Dow Jones Industrials Average was...