Columns

Public Garages Are Like Snowflakes By Mark Crantz When something momentous happens people celebrate. Weddings, births, and graduations are commemorated with celebratory champagne toasts. Recently, Lagunans...

Blue Moon      For maybe six months, I had been dating the woman who was to become the love of my life. It was New Year's...

E Pluribas Unum Over the course of Independence weekend, I was reminded again of what makes Laguna such a special place. And America, too. People...

For Richer or Pourer I was high in anticipation to read the Indy’s “In Laguna, More Choices for a Good Pour.” Then I didn’t hit...

El Nino vs. La Nina We here in Laguna have every reason to gloat and smirk at a goodly portion of the remainder of the...

By Sarah Wolsey I like to tell people that when we first met, I was unmoored. At the mercy of the wind and waves, the...

“The Road goes ever on and on down from the door where it began. Now far ahead the Road has gone, and I must...

This Old House Can I add my 2 cents to Laguna’s historic home preservation battle? Readers will recall the passing of my Mom at the...

GROMS Be Gone By Christine Fugate   4 p.m. Carpool time and I’m rushing from one place to another. Cello, homework club and back to the house...

By Trudy Josephson February is Black History Month and many communities around our nation embrace it in different ways. Laguna Beach has but a few...

Beyond the Threshold   If Cornell is any example, Ivy League graduations are impressive with pageantry.  But more than that, all this beauty, color and tradition...

By Anne Caenn Does the City Council take seriously its obligation to inform the community of its activities? Recent events at City Hall are not...

The Cleo Last week’s Planning Commission meeting was a humdinger to a packed house. Well, it started out as a humdinger and slowly descended into...

A Family at Sea     “This is a judgment-free zone, where there are no mistakes. A world to explore incongruous combinations without shame or guilt. Free...

Hits, Misses  & Forecasts Quarterly earnings reports fell upon a stock market ready to react. Which way to react was unclear as what seemed as...