Columns

By Alex Rounaghi How will Laguna Beach add 394 units over the next eight years? By October, Laguna Beach must adopt a Housing Element that...

Hints of the truth By Ann Christoph My cousin Kristie Hemenway wrote me a surprise email this week, “the quarantine has given me a little extra...

Bounces And Bumps Next month, an array of laser devices mounted on top of high-rise apartment buildings in New Jersey begins operations. Their function is...

“I’m not talking about the way it was, just the way it’s never gonna be again.” That’s the subtitle of local author Craig Lockwood’s delightful...

A Sanity Assessment Instead of making a list of New Year's resolutions, maybe it is time for another approach. Knowing where you are is the...

A Tale of a Girl, a Garden, and an Elf Decades ago, I read to our then-young sons the Dr. Seuss classic, “The Lorax.” What...

From 1953 to 1961, James B. Utt, my grandfather, was Orange County’s only congressman. From 1961 until his death in office in 1970, he was one of only two Congressmen. During this time, his distinctive name had recognition, respect, and power in what has been termed one of the most conservative counties in the nation.

What’s With Our Language? By Jean Hastings Ardell A few weeks ago a guest column “What’s in a Life?” appeared in this newspaper. In it I...

Does the idea of going to Oak Street seem frighting this year? Or the prospect of staying at home on Halloween just plain scary....

By Skip Hellewell Two Laguna Beach scoutmasters, hiking over the 11,700' Kearsarge Pass with their troop in the Sierras, came across a trail sign. One...

By the time you pick up this paper, Michael Minutoli may still be on his feet at the intersection of Brooks and Coast Highway,...

By Dr. Jorge Rubal Dear Susi Q: I feel like my concerns are dismissed by my doctor as just old age. How do I get...

Tourism in the COVID-19 Era By Tyler Russell McCusker Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the damage to our economy and the effects on peoples’ willingness to...

Laguna’s Council Exclaims “Yes” to Climate Action California is aflame. More than two million acres and counting were charred this year. Lives have been lost....

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