Our Polluted Shoreline
Editor,
Must-read commentaries in Indy’s June 28 edition by Mike Beanan (“We Are All in the Plume”) and Charlotte Masarik (“County Ocean-Sampling Misses Pollutants”).
We’re on...
Report Card on Water Gets Failing Grade
Editor:
A flurry of negative comments from a few outraged Laguna Beach protectionists regarding the annual ocean pollution report card by Heal The Bay received...
Tree Plans Draw Critics, Defenders
Editor,
On June 29 I attended an open meeting to review the landscaping plan recently developed by city staff covering Broadway, Forest, etc.
About 99 percent...
Aggressive Tactics Needed Against Smokers
Editor,
I’m alarmed and angered every time I walk up to the Carolyn Wood Knoll. More unsettling than the ever-present scourge of trash and graffiti...
Rolling Pot Onto the Political Agenda
Editor,
Laguna Beach has at least eighty retail outlets for alcohol, the deadly liquid which causes intoxication and alcoholism, a disease that kills millions of...
Columnist Errs in Straying into Politics
Editor,
Nice article by James Utt.
He is really growing as a writer.
However, I do not see the necessity of making his article about a fire...
A Two-Faced Town
Editor,
At 10 a.m., the opening ceremonies of the 2018 Sawdust Festival took place last Friday with Laguna Beach City Council member Steve Dicterow, a...
Guest column
My Two Cents Worth
Thought I’d grab me a two-by-four and wack myself upside the head. I mean, here’s some issues I hope come...
Finding Meaning
Our Greatest Day
Biggest day of the year for Laguna’s beaches? The Fourth of July. No doubt about it.
Hitting the beach on July 4 goes back...
Pet Peeves
Laguna Lucy
The countdown has begun. The Pageant of the Masters is almost here. The Pageant’s theme, “Under the Sun,” features the work of early...
Does the Wet Suit You
The Perils of Pierre, Neglected Poodle
I am Pierre. I live in Laguna with my person, Brion. My fondest wish is for Brion to be the...
Taking Stock
Quarter’s End
Approaching the midpoint for 2018, The Dow Jones Industrial Average is down 2%; the S&P 500 Index is up 1% and the NASDAQ...
Kid’s Camp Set Up for Ranch Guests
A summer camp program for junior explorers who are guests of The Ranch golf resort is available now through Aug. 26.
The weekly camp is...
Personnel File
Laguna Hires New Cops
Officers Elizabeth Gutierrez and Martin recently joined the Laguna Beach police force after graduating from the Golden West Criminal Justice Training...
Ride Salutes the Generosity of an Organ Donor
Lake Forest resident Wayne Wiederhold, 56, set out on a bicycle to ride across the country Sunday, June 24, and started by dipping his...