Opinion: Details matter
It Takes Two Pools to Tango
By Steve McIntosh
Back in 2018, the city, along with an amenable school district, created a plan to resolve expanded...
Opinion: Wisdom Workout
Step Up
Dustin Hoffman is one of my all-time favorite actors. His career started back in 1961 and has continued to the present. He was...
Opinion: Pet Peeves
The Other Hand
By Mark D. Crantz
I write these columns. Send them in via Main Beach carrier pigeons. Indy places them. Then resounding silence. Every...
Opinion: Village Matters
Decision gone wrong
Three arborists sat behind the table in front of the city council last Thursday attempting to tell the story of the condition...
Opinion: Gelson’s, Shmelson’s
Unless your head is buried in the sand – or in a good book - you probably know by now that Gelson’s South Laguna...
Opinion: The Big Lie
In the 2020 presidential election, Joe Biden won 80 million popular votes to Trump's 74 million. In the Electoral College, Biden won 306 votes...
Opinion: Green Light
Sustainability in Food, Clothing, and Shelter
On a cool February evening at the Laguna Art Museum, an audience of a hundred or so attendees were...
Opinion: Let’s Go Bowl’ing
By Billy Fried
In the last six months, we’ve experienced a significant upgrade in the cultural fabric of Laguna. Starting, of course, with the magnificent...
Opinion: Concerning the closing of Gelsons
By Paul Freeman
What a great site for affordable housing. Naturally, it would help if there were a willing seller. Or a landlord offering a...
Opinion: Pet Peeves
Trees Geez
By Mark D. Crantz
The reason why I’ve retired to a drafty monastery way up the mountain is to tell people my loftier thoughts....
Laguna resident shares volunteer experience at Israeli Medical Center
By Denny Freidenrich
I knew my friend William had a Bar Mitzvah, but I never pictured him as a particularly religious person. That is, until...
Opinion: Coping with teen substance abuse
By Nessa Kavanagh
Parents are often under the impression that any teenage drug use is extremely dangerous, leading them to believe that extreme measures are...
Opinion: This is Where We Live – Repurposing
By Hunter Fuentes and Jon Stordahl
One of us (I’ll give you a hint: the older one) was confirmed at St. Vibiana’s, the former...
Opinion: Laguna Beach Reflects on Black History Month
By Rebecca Washington-Lindsey
February, a short month, leaves little time to celebrate, honor, reflect or reminisce about African American/Black history. The 2024 national theme was...
Opinion: Wisdom Workout
Heavy-Handed or a Soft Touch
By Susan McNeal Velasquez
Some say, "You create everything in your universe. The magic emanates from you." Others say: "everything is...