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Read the Personals BEST CAT EVER – Melvin is a 6 year old, neutered cat, black and white.  We’re looking for a good home for...

Over the Moon Jellies As the temperature of our ocean waters keep warming up, the moon jellies will start appearing. Having existed over 600 million...

Swell Time Forecast  for Summer By Dennis McTighe It’s a pretty decent looking Monday here in Lagunaville with sunny skies, a few puffy clouds, a gentle...

By Gene Felder Top of the World Neighborhood Association (TOWNA) board members recently discussed concerns about e-bike traffic safety. TOWNA sent a letter to Laguna...

Mother was very strict when it came to table manners. Rule #1—No elbows on the table. Rule #2—No shirt, no shoes, no service. And...

Schemeboat It was Wednesday 10 a.m. And once again, we were meeting in the boiler room of the Susi Q Center. Our existence has been...

Can’t we all get along? The words of that great American philosopher Rodney King echo the theme of our local political leaders with their...

K-9 Teen I was excited to read in the Indy that the police department has a new recruit. He’s the four-legged kind and is a...

Broadway’s Chef, a Stand-Out Star   Years ago, I recall walking into one of the trendiest dining spots in downtown Laguna Beach, fondly and formerly known...

By Arnold Silverman   As we head into the Christmas season, I am reminded of an event that occurred in December of 1952, one of the...

Self-Actualization  In my Catholic grammar school, the nuns would ask a question, and there would be frantic hand-waving and raised voices repeating: "Sister, Sister, Sister"...

Think It Over   As I reached the Peppertree Lane entrance, the teenage girls standing nearby were regrouping. “Oh my gosh! This man across the street...

I keep having a dream I am on a body board and surfing the airwaves high above Laguna. I’ve been a surfer all my life...

Back in Fashion   “Mom, you could have done better.”   I just walked in the door from the first date with my husband in over a year...

Sen. Klobuchar the One to Watch in 2020   Having left the comfort of Orange County to help produce a televised presidential debate from Des Moines...