Town Crier

Historic Holdup The best way to see Laguna Beach is on a walk. My wife Nancy walks me daily. Doctor’s orders. No bag or leash required. Pierre is...

There’s a new acronym—SBNR.  As in ‘spiritual but not religious.’  A lot of people frequent this category.  Pollsters say 20-25 percent describe themselves as...

Catmosphere Laguna, the first cat café in Orange County, is slated to open Monday, Aug. 13. Founded by Gail Allyn Landau, Catmosphere Laguna will...

Are Men Allowed in the Woman's Club? Back in 1922, a group of community-minded women gathered together to form the Laguna Beach Woman’s Club to...

A Hiking We Will Go “OK my possums, listen up!” So says our hiking leader Charlotte Masarik in her disarming British-accented English when she wishes...

Go Around I felt dizzy after reading the Indy’s “Catalina Roundabout to Get Improvements.” The city council agreed to spend $300,000 to beautify the central...

Thoughts from Croatia We’re on the Island of Vis, named for the town of Vis, founded in 397 B.C. It was the first town founded...

July 13, 1946 – July 16, 2018 Susan Lyons Pons, known to friends as “Laguna Sue”, passed away on July 16, 2018 at the age of 72. She was...

“If human beings really were able to take the long view – to consider seriously the fate of civilization decades or centuries after our...

Editor, Every day I look over the ridge toward Top of the World, where in 1993 I saw flames reaching for the sky and smoke...

Residents of Laguna, On my daily walk, I pass by this iconic view, and I wonder what changes the “Lady” will see in the next...

Dear Editor, After reading Ms. Geller’s letter to the editor, I felt compelled to respond on behalf of the Surfrider Foundation. First and foremost, the Surfrider Foundation’s...

The Gubbins This column was assembled from gubbins collected from the floor of the composition room at Wet Suit World Head Quarters. Last month a red...

Spiritual but Not Religious I’ve said it before—attending Laguna’s churches is as enjoyable as a sunset walk on the beach.  Last Sunday offered two...

Outgoing Rotary Club of Laguna Beach president Stan Carmichael, Anne Belyea, executive director of the Laguna Food Pantry, Friendship Shelter marketing and development director...