Grateful for a Shrine of Solidarity
Editor,
We want to express our deepest thanks to the people responsible for erecting the sign and Christmas tree at Main Beach, remembering the victims...
Calling View Preservation Advocates
Editor,
My wife and I have lived in Laguna Beach for over 50 years and hope to live here longer. One of the advantages of...
Sizing Up the Architectural Museum
Editor,
This is an open letter, or more of a note, to the Design Review Board, and the city in general.
As many of my friends...
Taking Stock
An Investor’s Shopping List
Stocks continue to push ahead like shoppers with buying on their minds. They market has erased its post-election fainting spell, is...
Scouts Collect For Tots
From left, Veronica Hinmon, Anya Miller, Kayla Baskevitch, and Sydney Gladstone were among the Laguna Beach Girl Scouts who collected gifts for Toys-for-Tots while...
Culture Karma: Another Small Town
Thirty-three years ago, when my first-born was a newborn, my husband and I, at that time living in New York City, were considering a...
Community Datebook 12/21/12
A Vigil for Grievers
Laguna Beach mother Amii Schenk, owner of Little Bohemian kids shop, invites locals to join her in a candlelight vigil for...
Buying Locally Delivers a Double Gift
Kavita Reddy’s Buy Hand shop serves as a local, handmade marketplace that is also helping some schools with fundraising projects.
Reddy’s vision is to help...
Fund Helps Instill a Giving Ethic
Laguna residents Nicole and Peter Anderson established a donor advised fund at the Laguna Beach Community Foundation and plan to use it to support...
Church Hosts Homeless for a Meal
Service organizations, churches and individual volunteers joined the Laguna Relief and Resource Center in providing a hot meal, as well as hygiene kits, sleeping...
Chamber Seeks Spirit Award Votes
Nominees for the Chamber of Commerce’s annual Spirit of Laguna Award were announced at the December board meeting. Awardees will be announced at the...
Boys And Girls Thank Whalen
Newly elected Council member Bob Whalen receives an oversize note of appreciation from the Boys and Girls Club, where he served on the board...
Tom, the Brook Street Cat (1992 – 2012)
Tom, Laguna Beach’s Brook Street Cat, also known as “Fred” and “Bob” in his earlier years, passed away peacefully Tuesday, Dec. 4 after almost...
In Good Hands
Editor,
This past Monday, during our regular morning workout, one of the participants in our group suddenly fell to the ground and was in apparent...