Town Crier

School Sounds My home is close enough to Thurston Middle School that the chimes calling students to class are often audible through the glass windows....

Laguna locals Kelly Emmes, Geri Kate Pearce, Heidi Miller and Marilyn Brumley will perform in “Footloose Follies,” the musical comedy production that raises funds...

Your Own Family History Life is a fast-moving stream—chaotic, ever changing, uncertain. To find real meaning amidst the turbulence, check those who have finished this...

Marthann Newton, 86, of Laguna Beach, passed away March 4, 2018, in Springdale, Ark. She was born Nov. 15, 1931, in Auburn, Ala., to Julian...

Twins The Laguna twins were born on February 17, 1978. They were identical twins, except in one minor way. One boy couldn’t see green. One...

Read the Personals WOMEN IN HISTORY celebration.  $10 donation/admission – Special Happy Hour – You are encouraged to wear a costume honoring your favorite woman in...

Steady As She Goes The stock market’s remarkable streak of 15 straight gaining months came to an end in February, when the S&P 500 gave...

Editor, Heartfelt thanks to J.J. Gasparotti for his pithy observations about the dearth of affordable housing in this town and the “unrelenting process of code...

Editor, (This letter was also addressed to Mayor Kelly Boyd.) Hope all is well in your world and that you’re feeling good and back to 100%,...

Editor, America is rejecting NRA interpretations of the 2nd Amendment putting the burden of gun safety solutions on those targeted by shooters seeking a moment of...

Editor: First of all, I would like to thank the city for hiring a new tree service this year. The benefits are obvious. The trees...

  Editor, My wife and I recently accompanied our son and his wife to California to visit their daughter, who is a freshman at USC. When...

Garden by the Sea Arbor Day was an occasion to celebrate and ponder what trees and landscaping contribute to our lives--and to inspire us to...

Once Bootleg Housing is Outed, It Doesn’t Come Back Before the 1993 fire an artist friend was trading construction work for rent. He had demolished...

Bread on Water Laguna is a place of healing; it’s baked into our cake. When Eiler Larsen—the original “Forest Gump” —came he was homeless and...