A Tall (Tree) Tale
Editor,
I’ve lived in Laguna Beach a little over 75 years and, laugh if you like, but I still feel pretty spry, and I like...
Remembering AIDS Deaths
Editor,
World AIDS Day is always Dec. 1, and this year it falls on Thursday. Just as in years past, members of our city’s HIV Advisory...
Digging Into Footpaths
Editor,
Temple Hills Community Association (THCA) is promoting public staircases over existing easements. Temple Hills Neighborhood Association (THNA) includes members of THCA, the owners of...
Overflowing with Gratitude
Editor,
I would like to personally thank Elizabeth Pearson, Ann Larson, Christa Johnson, the city of Laguna Beach staff and the Planning Commission for being...
Bowls of Thanks
Editor,
On behalf of all of us at the Laguna Resource Center, I want to thank Faye Chapman for organizing and operating the World Hunger...
Kudos for World Hunger Bowl’s Champion
Editor,
A wonderful charity event called the World Hunger Bowl was held last Saturday, Nov. 12, at the Aliso Creek Inn and Golf Course in...
Thank You, Laguna Beach
Editor,
The third annual Hunger and Homelessness Awareness week was a great success thanks to the support of our community.
With the help of our partner...
The Case Against a New Land Tax
Editor,
A group of self-interested and self-serving people has now gathered enough of Laguna Beach’s registered voter’s signatures to force a vote to add another...
Trees Should Not Trump Quality of Life
Editor,
When do property rights and quality of life issues trump tree preservation? In Laguna Beach it is a difficult call, and, as the daughter...
Tree Trouble
Editor,
“I think that I shall never see a poem as lovely as a tree.” I remember memorizing and reciting those lines in seventh-grade English...
Tree Battle Continues to Smolder
Editor:
In response to the editorial by Ms. Christoph (“Tree Time Passes,” Nov. 18), why go back just to our forefathers and foremothers (they didn’t...
Through My Window
When people come here and look out this window, they often end up saying something like, “Wow, look at that horizon. What a great...
Come See For Yourself
Editor,
I totally agree with David Vanderveen (“Occupy Laguna,” Local Currents, Nov. 11). It's really hard to feel the pain of protesters in New York when you're...
Protests Signify a Historic Shift
Editor,
David Vanderveen’s column comparing the Occupy movement to his own charmed life (“Occupy Laguna,” Nov. 11) is at best trivializing a historic shift in...