Wisdom Workout
Creating Clarity in Chaotic Times
Our personal wellbeing requires that we nourish our inner strength and our ability to make timely choices no matter...
Gallery Cultivates Young Patrons
Dawson Cole Fine Art Gallery owners Rich and Ariane MacDonald hosted a performance by dancers in the Festival Ballet Theatre in December as a...
Taking Stock
Stocks Rock And Roll
“Roll, tide, Roll!” Stocks are rolling like Alabama’s Crimson Tide in Monday’s College Football Championship. On Tuesday, stocks reached 386 consecutive...
Jimmie Gale Allen
Jimmie Gale Allen, 87, passed away peacefully on Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018, at his Laguna Beach home, surrounded by family and loved ones.
Jimmie Allen,...
William Joseph Odlum
William Joseph (Bill) Odlum, 83, of Laguna Beach, passed away Dec. 24, 2017, from complications due to brain cancer and Alzheimer’s disease.
He was born...
Pet Peeves
Borrowed Tune
Lost and recently recovered sheet music of “Hotel Laguna” written by the Sparrows was found under the welcome mat of the Dirty Bird...
Just for Laughs
Read the Personals
HUSBAND CARE CENTER – If you are a wife or significant other who wants to go shopping, meet a friend for lunch,...
Needle Arts Guild Stitches Up Gifts of Warmth
Members of the Susi Q Community Center needle arts guild packed up their handiwork last month, handmade knitted and crocheted items for donation to...
High Hopes for Dream Team
Editor,
I have followed the continuing saga of the Hotel Laguna and have a few comments. First of all, a lawsuit seeking “financial restitution” truly...
Thumbs Up for Alternative Viewpoints
Editor,
I would love to email Jennifer (Welsh Zeiter) and tell her that her letter was amazing and right on!
My wife and I were impressed...
Worthy of Swift’s Satire
Editor,
Regarding the letter entitled “A Differing View” in the Indy Jan. 5, 2018.
Great letter, Ms. Zeiter! After a year’s worth of all of us...
Rebuttal to Trump’s Policy Gains
Editor,
While I have the utmost respect for Ms. Zeiter, I was stunned by her claim that President Trump’s first year accomplishments exceed any president...
Throwing Water on Wildfire Myths
Editor,
Here we go again. Sound-off letters by Peter Weisbrod in last week’s Indy and a column by JJ Gasparotti a week earlier call for...
Public Space Cultivates Community
Editor,
Laguna Residents lament heavy, speeding traffic, and intentionally destroyed trees, and rising rents as a real old-Laguna, cheerful new zone has become popular.
Our new...
The Kibitzer
Temporary Plaza Defies Expectations
Last week we removed the furniture, décor and lighting from the once congenial space known as Park Plaza, and returned it...