Greenbelt Meeting Focuses on Park Service Designation
The recent designation of Laguna Beach and the Greenbelt in the Historic American Landscapes Survey by the National Park Service will be featured at...
Personnel File
Dance Fest Gears Up With New Additions
Laguna Dance Festival welcomes two board members and two part-time staff members to the team.
Mary Dawe, a past...
Claire Ellen Etheridge, Ph.D.
Claire Ellen Etheridge, Ph.D., 85, of Sacramento, passed away peacefully on Jan. 21, 2017, surrounded by family.
Claire is survived by her beloved partner Elizabeth...
Pet Peeves
Bird Rock
It was a historic moment for the Laguna Ocean Foundation and me this past Jan. 12, when President Obama announced that Bird and...
Wisdom Workout
The Personal is Political
Carol Hanish's essay written in 1970 questioned whether women's consciousness-raising groups were a useful part of the political women's movement.
In the...
Hateful Actions Ripple Long Afterwards
Editor:
I do not agree with Mr. Jay Grant’s response to the racial incident at Laguna Beach High School (“A Time for Reconciliation,” Letters, Jan....
Columnist Replies to Reader
Dear Mr. Olds,
Please re-read my column (“Visiting Buenos Aires,” Jan. 5 edition.) I accurately restated the fears of virtually all the Argentinian businessman I...
A Public Forum for Dissent Benefits the Town
Editor,
I wanted to express my appreciation for a recent missive Michael Ray (a friend) wrote for your paper related to the inauguration and his...
Closures Breed Resentment
Editor,
Looking at the uproar about City Hall closing every second Friday, I know that the offered solution was useless or inadequate at best.
Discussing how...
Hometown Rally Echoes Those Round the Globe
Editor,
The Laguna Beach Woman's March on Saturday, Jan. 21at Main Beach Park was a huge success!
Hundreds attended with many unusual signs and stood along Coast ...
The Kibitzer
Women Warriors Join Arms
Just after the unimaginable election results in November, I wrote a column about hope, saying its always darkest before the...
Guest Column
A Lesson in Intolerance
By Jennifer Zeiter
Last Saturday, I attended the women’s march at Main Beach as an independent professional working woman, fiscally conservative with...
Green Light
Responding Locally to a Global Peril
Eight years ago this month, the Laguna Beach City Council received a plan to combat global warming from the...
Restaurant Offers Shabbat Service
Rabbi-Cantor Marcia Tilchin, founder and spiritual leader of the Jewish Collaborative of Orange County, and local musician and cantorial soloist Jason Feddy lead a...
FAA to Hear Flight Path Complaints
A representative of the Federal Aviation Administration will take part in a 5 to 8 p.m. meeting Wednesday, Feb. 1, to discuss flight paths...