Columns

By Carly Sciacca Have you ever considered a recycled tree for Christmas? Most of us “recycle” our spent trees through the city’s program, but until this...

Three Amigos of Aliso Creek No, this is not a tale about three South Laguna gunslingers dueling at high noon with a sheriff’s posse from...

Black Footed Beach Thief With its red bill tipped in black and its black legs and webbed feet, the Heerman’s gull (Larus heermanni) is one...

By Joe Hanauer Recently 24 fellow citizens and I sent a letter regarding the Laguna Residents First (LRF) ballot initiative to Mayor Bob Whalen. Since...

Slip-Sliding Away   My mother is in her 90th year and lives in Houston, Tex. Three weeks ago, she had her appendix removed, spent three days...

By Ellen Girardeau Kempler   In his 1841 travelogue, “Two Years Before the Mast,” sailor Richard Henry Dana described seeing gray whales for the first time,...

Quarter’s End As we near the end of the third quarter, stocks are up 6% for the quarter and 15% for the first nine months...

Take A Stand For Your Life Remember when you were a child and the first thing adult relatives noticed and remarked on was how much...

"Don't be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams.” --Ralph Waldo Emerson.   Who ever thought that a high school tennis awards banquet could double...

A Season for Patriots American Legion Post 222 did us proud with their 92nd annual Memorial Day program in Heisler Park. We’re in the season...

Pet Peeves: Lights Out  Laguna.  Another perfect day in paradise, but then there’s the Good Neighbor Lighting Ordinance. Oh, no! I haven’t been here a...

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...

By Billy Fried I just returned home from three weeks in Florida, caring for my mom (with my daughter) while her regular caretakers got a...

Simple Truths  How is it possible to keep our equilibrium when negative news abounds with messages of turmoil and chaos? Our days are filled with more...

Carmageddon is Coming “What destroys the poetry of a city? Automobiles destroy it, and they destroy more than the poetry. All over America, all over...