Personnel File 4/12/13
Semifinalists Include Laguna’s Montage Founder
Alan Fuerstman, founder and chief executive of Montage Hotels and Resorts, is one of 27 semifinalists in the Ernst &...
Village Matters: The kids are not all right
Growing up in a Victorian farmhouse was not as romantic as one might think. For one thing there was only one bathroom and it...
Musings on the Coast: The Economic Determinist
As I perambulate about the community, I often am asked what I do, as in, who are you? My kids are not certain, since...
Pet Peeves: Parking
By Mark D. Crantz
Laguna Beach. Another perfect day in Paradise, but there isn’t any parking. Back to the airport kids. We’ll just make do...
Film Society Sharpens its Focus
Editor,
I am grateful for the thoughtful and supportive letter from Bolton Colburn about the Laguna Beach Film Society (“Origin of the Museum’s Film Society,”...
Join Us in the Veterans of Foreign Wars
Editor,
We not only want you to join, but we need you to join our great, veterans’ support organization. Our Post and Ladies Auxiliary have...
Borrowing from Seattle’s Traffic Tool Kit
Editor,
Here is more out-of-the-box thinking to solve the parking and traffic problem in Laguna Beach. Call your wheels with your Smartphone app. Brought to...
One Flight Too Many
Editor,
This is your pilot speaking. If you look out to your left, you can see we are now passing over the beautiful city of...
Bravo, LBHS Drama Students
Editor,
I want to say thank you for an excellent show in the play “Hello Dolly.”
The music, dancing, acting, costumes, sets were comparable to a...
The Plant Man: A Parent’s Lament
“And go 'round and 'round and 'round in the circle game.” –Joni Mitchell
Change and transition are part of life. Family and friends become ill,...
Taking Stock
Stocks are alternating up and down days, creating a chart pattern that looks like an electrocardiogram. The market’s uptrend remains intact but under some...
Green Light: Partnering for Preservation
Preserving the California coast and its historic cottages is a big job. Often it requires the partnering of citizen activists and their groups, the...
Kindling Community in Dark Corners
By Robin Pierson, Special to the Independent
After spending more than 20 hours in the air, a group of local travellers dropped down in central...