Carolers Bringing Holiday Cheer Tonight
Watch and listen for hundreds of Laguna Beach Girl Scouts riding local trolleys, driven by Santa Claus, as they sing in the holidays from...
Pet Peeves
Magnificent Seven Plus One
While everybody had their eyes on the northbound caravan getting closer to our southern border, a group of 13 immigrants landed...
Letter: In Support of the Green New Deal
I'm a 20-year-old student from Ladera Ranch that is worried about the ongoing climate crisis taking place in the world. After reading extensively about...
Letter: Residents Still Care About Maintaining Laguna’s Aesthetic
At the Planning Commission meeting on the Cleo Street project on Wednesday, Nov. 7, someone attempting to defend the project against charges of incompatibility...
Letter: In Response to ‘Orange is the New Blue’
Is it necessary for national political “debates” be taken up in a local paper?
I can understand local issues and really digging in with...
Letter: Scapegoating Is Not the answer
In response to Byron Nelson’s letter asking for intensification of brush management with goats, I would say, “bad idea.” Goats are no panacea. Some...
Just for Laughs
Read the Personals
CINDERELLA, IS THAT YOU? I am a very lonely Prince Charming – owner of a designer women’s shoe salon. Older guy with...
Heart Talk
Call Me Ishmael
On the first page of “Moby Dick,” Herman Melville has Ishmael, the narrator of the tale, speak these words: “Whenever it is...
The Kibitzer
The Granddaddy of Grifts
In this week’s New York Times Magazine, journalist Nitsuh Abebe writes, “There are frauds and swindles and other crimes, and then...
Holiday Fiction Digest
Dear Hanukkah Bunny
I miss the Hanukkah bunny. When my girls were little, the pitter-patter of small rabbit feet would climb up the stairs while...
Finding Meaning
A Day of Infamy
Some dates are especially fraught with meaning—like today, Dec. 7. Forever linked to the attack on Pearl Harbor, President Franklin D....
Does the Wet suit You
Laguna Beach has a Planning Commission, Design Review Board, and City Council that start out saying no to every new proposal while all too...
Holiday Sing-along at the Garden Park
Join in the holiday festivities at the South Laguna Community Garden Park, this Sunday, Dec. 9, from 2-4 p.m. Bring your singing voices and...
‘Coastline to Canyon’ Mural Dedication This Sunday
Neighborhood Church in Laguna Beach invites the public to a mural dedication ceremony Sunday, Dec. 9, at noon. The mosaic, titled “Coastline to Canyon,”...
Pet Peeves
Good Times Coming
The Pageant of the Masters has selected its 2019 theme. Stand still for it. Hold that pose. Ta da. Let’s hear it for...