Landscapers Dig in for Beauty Awards
Fifty awards were given to landscape contractors last week by their peers, the California Landscape Contractors Association, for demonstrating the best quality, construction, originality...
Local Firm Hosts Seminar
JKR and Co. Inc. will be hosting the 2012 Municipal/Corporate Bonds Seminar on Thursday, Sept. 21 from 6:30 – 8 p.m. at its Laguna...
Obituary: Nina Mack
Nina Kim Mack, who arrived at Laguna as a 9-year-old in 1972, passed away on July 13.
Between the years 1972 and 1981, she attended...
The Floor Show
By Tracy Middleton
The penultimate landing on the south staircase at Woods Cove offers a panoramic view of the most cherished morsel of California coastline...
A Tribute to the “old Spirit” of Laguna
Editor,
Just when you think the "old Spirit" of Laguna is gone... think again. I had the refreshing experience of the old Laguna coming together...
Why Hide, Anonymous?
Editor,
I am a little confused about “Open Letter to Injured Skateboarder” in the July 27 edition from "Anonymous" as I thought there was a...
Anonymous Never Again!
Re: “Open letter to a Skateboarder,” July 27, sent by Anonymous
Last week the Indy published a letter signed anonymously. This is unusual because this...
Cathedral Rebounds, Invites Parishioners
Editor,
For the past few months I have resumed attending the service at St. Francis by the Sea on Sunday morning at 10 and it...
Nice Job
Editor,
Thank you very much for printing such a well-written article (“Designer Models Sustainability,” July 27). Daniella really did a great job and was very...
Local Currents: Giving Fun
“Mauli Ola put the ‘fun’ in ‘fundraiser’!” --Paul Hamilton.
Giving back doesn’t have to hurt.
Mauli Ola, the local non-profit that takes young people with cystic...
Laguna’s Market Targets Educated, Healthy Consumers
With raw energy bars on display at her Healthy Cowboy Kitchen booth, Katie Burtino said she's often first mistaken as a vegan or raw...
Taking Stock
Election Year And Stocks
Turbulent currents continue to make the stock market work slowly upstream. Troubling news from the Euro Zone pushed stocks back this...
Guest Column: Look In The Mirror, America
By Alan Boinus
The gun lobby would have us think that last week’s tragedy in Aurora, Colo., was an aberration. Just another crazed criminal that putting...
Wisdom Workout: Outliving the Quilt’s Patches
About 20 years ago, a colleague of mine, one of my favorite men in the world, called to say he was in Laguna and...
Fostering Self-Sufficiency With a Smile
By Valerie Yu, Special to the Independent
Golden rays set the place aglow. Bird melodies ride the breeze. It’s six in the morning, on a...