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Art Rightly Stole the Show If the Festival of Arts’ ribbon cutting and preview party was meant to be a celebration of our artists and their work, it was a success. If it was to be a full-on communal embrace of the newly renovated venue, it was not, at least not yet. When I...

Laguna’s Long, Strange Trip It’s Laguna’s semi centennial as a beacon of higher consciousness. Just look at what was birthed in  1967 that defines many of our values today: the Sawdust Festival, Laguna Beach Community Clinic, Mystic Arts World store,  Krishna Temple, and even Jim...

Q & A with Valarie Van Cleave By Amanda Anderson Since Oceana was founded in 2001, Southern California’s supporters have been vital to the science-based organization’s success. Now the world’s largest advocacy organization dedicated solely to ocean conservation, Oceana holds...

Film producer Pete Allman, whose credits include controversial films such as “Brando Unauthorized,” is passionate about his latest subject: peace. He’s showing the 19-minute version of “Winds Of Freedom” at 11:45 a.m. Friday, July 14, at Hotel Laguna to Rotary Club...

New Woman’s Club President Elected Kathleen Malcolm has been elected as incoming president of the Woman’s Club of Laguna Beach. She succeeds out-going three-term President Barbara Crane. Malcolm comes to Laguna Beach from Philadelphia, Pa.., where she managed several large law...

Potty Mouth I try hard to keep my humor clean. No potty mouth remarks from me. Then along comes the Indy article, “Wish-List Emerges for Beach Restroom Makeover,” and I get the urge to revert to those base jokes for the john. Speaking of which, “Oh hi Kathy Griffin. Not surprised...

Fire and A Glimpse of the Future   The fire that started in Laguna Canyon was, unbelievably, roaring down the hill toward our home in the Turtle Rock section of Irvine. The police had ordered an evacuation. Now came the decision no one ever wants to make: Quick, what things...

By Tad MacPherson   Edwin Frank Gottschlich passed away before his time, holding the hand of his wife Gail, on Monday, May 29, 2017, Memorial Day. Grandpa was 88 years old at the time of his death. There are few men in this world that managed to live life like Ed...

Ka-choo   I almost fell over after reading Indy’s “City to Cut Historic Pepper Tree.” Apparently, I was the only one felled over by the sad news. The digital Indy recorded 832 Shares and 238 Likes. So I asked myself, “Who likes to hear that a 135 year old magnificent...

Bluebird Canyon Farm hosts artist Mary Aslin at its artist-in-residence day Wednesday, July 12. Bring your own supplies for the 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., $10 workshop. Sign up online at Bluebirdcanyonfarms.com     Laguna Hires a New Fire Marshal Jim Brown joins the city’s fire...

Barbara Goulette passed away unexpectedly on June 25, 2017. She is survived by her son Lance Goulette and three grandchildren, Mitchell L. and Kevin L. Goulette and Monica L. Goulette. Barbara was born Oct. 27, 1933, in Long Beach, to the late Betty Anderson (Horsch) and Mack...

Nervousness Is Normal, Euphoria Is Not Stocks began to weaken in June with prices eroding among the technological stocks that had led the market’s advances this year. This seemed to spread from investor fears that they would watch their gains disappear. Too much watching of stock...

  The Hour Commute Through Town Summer is here, that annual reminder that we have done nothing to mitigate our crippling traffic woes. It’s beyond frustrating. What will it take before we put some meaningful steps in place to stem the daily flow of sheet metal that is...

The Hot Blond It was a Wednesday night about 9 p.m. and I was at my favorite joint, The Lumberyard, at the big U-shaped bar, only a few regulars there. I don’t cook, so I eat out a lot and The Lumberyard is my favorite place. I had just ordered my usual martini: Hendricks gin,...