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Thumbs Up for New Sustainability Committee I recently attended the reorganized and renamed Environmental Sustainability Committee (ESC).  The seven-person group meets at the Susi Q...

Election Coming; What’s Next? Stocks continue on track for their best August in 20 years. No major developments have taken place recently in the problems...

   When my 27-year-old nephew arrived at the family barbeque last week, he greeted me with a hug and a fond memory. “Hi, Aunt...

It’s one of those issues. What will we say to our kids when they ask, “Did you speak up?”  I hope they don’t have...

“I want to be famous,” my  11-year-old tells me. We are standing on Hollywood Boulevard watching the premiere of the new Ben Stiller movie,...

Global Bargains Stocks pushed through the prevailing anxieties to end July with a 2% gain. That put them ahead 10% for the year so far....

Encountering Nature’s Force My kids and I are off on a weeklong rafting trip through the Grand Canyon on the mighty Colorado River.  I have...

By Mark D. Crantz  Another perfect day in paradise, but there’s “Genius.” No, it’s not me. Although often mistaken for Albert Einstein, it’s our runaway...

By Chris Quilter               In my parents’ heyday, the social whirl revolved around throwing and going to cocktail parties. Suddenly, or at least when my...

By Tracy Middleton The penultimate landing on the south staircase at Woods Cove offers a panoramic view of the most cherished morsel of California coastline...

“Mauli Ola put the ‘fun’ in ‘fundraiser’!” --Paul Hamilton.   Giving back doesn’t have to hurt. Mauli Ola, the local non-profit that takes young people with cystic...

Election Year And Stocks Turbulent currents continue to make the stock market work slowly upstream. Troubling news from the Euro Zone pushed stocks back this...

By Alan Boinus   The gun lobby would have us think that last week’s tragedy in Aurora, Colo., was an aberration. Just another crazed criminal that putting...

About 20 years ago, a colleague of mine, one of my favorite men in the world, called to say he was in Laguna and...

Some thoughts on the sea …Before us. Beneath us. Beyond us. The constancy. The changeability. The sea. We sit on the edge of the great Pacific Ocean, a community...