Taking Stock
New Highs, Old Principles
Stocks powered to new highs on both the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500. Only a week ago, I...
Letter: Having a Community ER is Comforting
Sometimes we fail to recognize the benefits of advocating for the improved resources necessary to assure excellent life-saving medical assistance versus criticizing the same...
Taking Stock
Double, Double, Toil and Bubble
In October of 1987, I was happily enjoying changing from a law career to the stimulations of being a stockbroker...
Experts Lacked Originality
Editor,
In my opinion, the so-called transit workshop on Feb. 10 was a bust. The information presented was so basic and elementary that the audience...
Another Round in the Visitors vs. Residents Culture Battle
Editor,
I am replying to Billy Fried's May 29th glowing endorsement of home sharing.
Billy, you open your "kibitz" portraying yourself as an open-minded world traveler who...
Local Currents: Exoneration
“Recognition should come to the reporter who uncovers public cheating or proves a convicted man innocent.” --Phil Donahue
Last week, I saw a Facebook post...
Musings on the Coast: Spying on Laguna
Dear National Security Agency:
I know you know everything about me, including the dirty parts. Especially the dirty parts. After all, they are the ones...
Village Matters
Isn’t there any other reason for forgetting besides getting old? It’s so depressing. How about “I just forgot.” Maybe the big forgetfulness problem with “seniors” is that they forget that they used to forget before, and choose to excuse their lapses in memory as, “senior moments.”
Foundation Hosts Lecturer, Lecture
Laguna Ocean Foundation will host the talk “Rocky Intertidal Ecology and Effects of Urbanization” presented by Dr. Jayson Smith at Laguna Art Museum on...
There’s Always Next Year
To the Community:
On behalf of the Laguna Beach Patriots Day Parade Association, I want to thank you for your support of our parade this...
Conflicting Views
Editor,
In the short time John Pletig has been city manager, he has brought a breath of fresh air to our town. His waiving of...
Fashion Raises Funds for AIDS Services
The Friends of Dorothy Guild raised more than $68,000 to support AIDS Services Foundation Orange County on Wednesday, May 23, during its Runway fashion...
South Laguna Shows its Charms on Home Tour
This year's Charm House Tour, Village Laguna's annual celebration of Laguna Beach's original homes, will take place on Sunday, May 19.
The tour will begin...
Musing on the Coast
The Big Snake
This happened about two months ago. I was doing yoga in my master bedroom overlooking Diver’s Cove. I could hear the waves. ...
View Ordinance Is Expensive to Enforce
Editor,
In my opinion, the main problem with the proposed view preservation ordinance is the high cost associated with trying to enforce it. I believe...