Town Crier

Confessions of a Newspaper Junkie   The Pulitzer Prizes were awarded this week for excellence in journalism. Or what’s left of it, as more and more...

Greetings from Earnings Season Both the Dow Jones Industrials and the S&P 500 broke their streak of nine straight positive quarters three weeks ago as the...

We Would Not Act Like Irvine      Since “Asians in Irvine score political victory,” appeared in The Los Angeles Times on April 1, I thought it...

Echoes of Design Review Report from a design review hearing in the near future. There are a few changes in the process. Applicants are now...

How Far We’ve Come Who doesn’t love books?  I do. There’s meaning in books.  Of the things that make our town special, one is Laguna...

The Fix Is In “A camel is a horse designed by committee.”  Anonymous “If Columbus had an advisory committee he would probably still be at the...

When Jeff Redeker went back to school, he was hit with a bit of sticker shock. It wasn't from the tuition; a pricey but expected...

Tickets are on sale for the Laguna Beach Garden Club’s self-guided, Gate & Garden Tour, which will take place on Friday, May 4. The 11...

Partridge Family Tree Timberrrr…yelled an ocean view advocate when he heard Laguna Beach is just a step away from being designated an official Tree City...

Read the Personals FARM CO-OP will allow you to grow your own fruits and vegetables on your own plot. We have several people in our communal...

Editor, California Government Code §54964(a) prohibits local agencies from expending public funds to advocate for or against a ballot measure or other voting initiative, with...

Editor, The city staff and Council have made up their minds that we need utilities undergrounded.  This is a classic case of government telling you...

Editor: Recently, behind closed doors, Orange County Board of Supervisors decided to join the federal government in a lawsuit against the state of California over...

Editor, Recently the city council agreed to provide funding for the Park Avenue Plaza. At that same meeting a discussion ensued about how to best change/modify...

Editor, For decades, the Marine Mammal Protection Act has protected marine mammals from seismic surveys, preventing oil companies from exploring off California and elsewhere. However, there...