Columns

The House that’s not a Home Across the street from us is a vacant house.  The couple that lived there with their little boy has...

A Peek Inside ‘Tis the season of commercials and glitzy marketing strategies. Multiple 30-second commercials attack us with pumped up volume until our senses are...

By Denny Freidenrich With the 2021 spring training season underway now, I can't help but think about all those great baseball rookies, like Willie Mays...

Honoring Veterans Today, Nov. 11, is Veterans Day, a time to honor those who serve in our armed forces. The date was selected because World...

Laying Out Ranch Plans First and foremost, I’d like to thank the people of Laguna for their overwhelming support of our restoration here at The...

I always have felt a strange connection to Jimmy Carter. It probably stems from the fact that my dad, a liberal Democrat to his...

A Year's End Message From The Mayor By Sue Kempf Dear Laguna Beach Community, As 2021 comes to a close, I can’t help but be extremely proud...

First Bird Leaves the Nest To be truly exhausted one must experience a vacation. My oldest son graduated from Laguna Beach High School a few months...

I’ve known a street urchin or two from my Chicago days. They were characters straight out of a Charles Dickens novel. One enterprising fellow...

Your Friendship Quotient “Life without a friend is death without a witness.” (Rose Macaulay-1928) A benefit of living in Laguna is the easy involvement...

I was away a couple of weeks and returned just after Labor Day to discover that the season had changed even before the autumn...

The Fulfillment Factor Have you noticed that if you attempt to care deeply about everyone and everything, you end up stretched so thin that you...

Religious Experiences Once, long ago, I witnessed a display of devotion, the memory undiminished by the passing years. It was Good Friday of Holy Week,...

Haggen’s Price Pinch Grocery stores are a wonderland. I love them. They have everything you could want or need in one place. A month ago...

Will There Be A Santa Claus Rally? Retail sales picked up last month, Santa should be coming, the Federal Reserve may soon unleash its “taper”...