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This letter is a continuation of the letter printed in Sept. 24, 2021 edition of the Independent. Ensure property values – I really don’t think this...

I received an email from the Laguna Beach Independent Newspaper with the headline “Closed-Session Leaks Violated Brown Act District Attorney says”. This headline is...

Connecting to Your Essence The goal of self-discovery is to create a strong and accessible connection to our inner guidance. That still, small voice within...

Defend and Protect, Save Our Landscapes. By Ann Christoph Yes, we should have space around our homes and community where firefighters can defend us from fire....

Our Neighbor, the Environmental Lawyer By Tom Osborne Some years ago I met our then new neighbor, Ramin Pejan, and learned that he is a senior...

The Assault on Women’s Reproductive Health: Can’t Happen Here – Or Has It? By Jean Hastings Ardell The news out of Texas about the passage of...

By Billy Fried Just when you thought we had put the ludicrous folly of citizen overreach to bed with the decisive repudiation of impeaching our...

Kids Getting Better Ready for a feel-good story? The Dana Hills Cross Country Invitational was last Saturday. I went to support our granddaughter, not comprehending...

I only recently received public records from City Hall that I requested over four months ago. These documents were extremely redacted, but something slipped through...

On Aug. 29, there was a much welcome afternoon of music in Bluebird Park. It was a beautiful day, people seemed to genuinely happy...

“Ti Amo” is Italian for “I Love You.” Maybe that explains the city government’s inexplicable infatuation with Ti Amo as the site for a...

I'd like to make two corrections to Merrill Anderson's letter to last week's Indy titled “Development Done Right”. The architect who designed the project,...

Mr. Warren, my guest column had nothing to do with Critical Race Theory in Laguna Beach. Your tone sounds as though the content of...

When we first had kids, my husband and I were overwhelmed with all the new responsibilities of being parents. We couldn’t even begin to...

I just read the big ad of “Laguna Residents First” and I would like to address some of their big points. Maintain Laguna’s Livability – don’t...