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Laguna Beach Independent Letters Section

Story Dispels Myths About Stem Cell Research

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Editor, I want to personally thank you for the wonderful art review on The Art of Stem Cells being held at the Orange County Center...

Town Lacks Progressive Leadership

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Editor, Historically speaking, I don't know if native Americans who lived in or near Laguna Beach smoked "weed." Certainly some of the early 1900 bohemians...

Safety Should Be a Top Priority

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Editor, For more than eight years since the baseball field was reoriented (moving home plate from the southwest corner to the northwest corner), the residents...

Letter: Laguna’s Décor a Bit Lackluster

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The pepper tree is beautiful. Hospitality Night was sure fun. But I have to say, our lights downtown this year were a bit of...

Facts vs. Scapegoats

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Editor, I agree with Ganka Brown and her call to limit campaign spending for city council elections. How about an ordinance?   Oh yeah, we already...

Top Cop Knows Her Beat

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Editor, Police Chief Laura Farinella knows more local history than many locals, astutely citing MTV’s Laguna Beach show among factors shifting tourist demographics over the...

Dissenters Disregarded in Negotiations Over Historic Preservation Rules

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Editor, I have lived in Laguna since 1959. At 10 years of age, the realization that this is where I want to live is absolute....
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Letter: Village Entrance aesthetic leaves much to be desired 

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Have you seen the new median planting on Broadway/LCR adjacent to the Sawdust Festival? All of those lovely, drought-tolerant Bottle Brush trees have been...

Looking for a Worthy Landmark

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Editor, What does it say about a town when its greatest cultural landmark is a former gas station tower? Local historian Andy Alison compared our Main...

Letter: A Student Perspective on Grade Weighting

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As two graduating seniors who have consistently enrolled in the most rigorous courses offered by LBHS, we encourage the school board to reinstate the...

Our Roads Must Be Shared

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Editor: My precious sister, Debra, was killed by a motorist last Aug. 27, 2013 while riding her bicycle in Newport Beach. The Orange County DA filed...

Public Should Vote on View Ordinance

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Editor, Last Tuesday’s special City Council meeting on a view restoration and preservation ordinance puts all of Laguna Beach down a very slippery slope (even...

Invasive Species Flourishes

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Editor, Recently I have come across an interesting plant. It is growing in Moulton Park, on private property, in areas that we call greenbelts, especially...
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Letter: In Response to Skip Hellewell’s ‘Dubious Data’

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I believe Skip Hellewell’s column challenging the Pew Research Center findings of declining rates of Christianity (echoing Dec. 10, 2018 findings of Religious News...

Questions Anew Over Entrance Plan

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Editor, I attended the entrance meeting and had a hard time understanding how the Christoph plan apparently had reached consensus (outside of Village Laguna followers). Another...