Columns

By Penny Elia Baby boomers may remember the Beatles’ lyric, “It was 20 years ago today, Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play.” How long...

By Mark D. Crantz   I found paradise in Laguna Beach. Now the trick is figuring out how to stay here. My 201K can buy you...

Got Your Goat  Another perfect day in Paradise, butt there are the goats.  No butts about it, I have goats on the brain. It all...

Laguna Medley I read the Indy cover to cover. I think I’m a better person for it. My wife agrees. She says the Indy gives...

Disagreeing in a Civil and Thoughtful Way Now that the entire Seattle Seahawks football team and all but one of the Kansas City Chiefs players...

by Chris Quilter   Firmly convinced of the superiority of my driving skills, I'm a lousy passenger. Drivers generally put up with my involuntary gasps, Vulcan...

Quarter Ends with a Rumble As the second quarter ends, the stock market continues to rumble. Recently leading technology stocks are encountering selling even as...

By Jim Rue   Welcome, traveler. Enjoy your stay in Laguna Beach.  We live here. We love the town too. We welcome your appreciation for our...

Upward Trends Two surprises touched off a surging stock market rally. First, Mr. Trump’s win was the biggest upset since the 1980 Olympics, when the...

By Chris Tebbutt  The month of June is officially LGBTQ+ Heritage & Culture Month in Laguna Beach, as unanimously proclaimed by City Council five years...

Who’d have thought you had to come to Grand Rapids to become a famous artist in New York?” Glenn Rogers, on location at ArtPrize last week. Local entrepreneur and tennis legend Glenn Rogers and I were in Grand Rapids, Mich., last week for business and happened on one of the world’s largest art contests with the richest purse. Who would have thought you had to travel to the heartland to find it? It sparked some thoughts on expanding Laguna’s art horizons.

By Anne Caenn Village Laguna is deeply concerned about the City Council’s disregard for transparency and public involvement. A low point was reached during the...

If You Can Keep Your Head My friend recently said, “Jim, come on, your columns are too serious, dealing with personal loss and societal problems....

More Money, Honey   Another perfect day in Paradise, but then there is Wall Street.  Oh, no!  Even though Wall Street is 3,000 miles away or...

Read the Personals TWIN SISTERS – 37 years old.  We sing and dance, we bake deliciousness from the homeland.  We are work live-in maids, for...