Pageant Spotlights ‘The Genius’ of Art and Science
The Festival of Arts turns 80 this summer and shows no signs of aging. It seems to have its own fountain of youth, flowing...
Choral Concert Stirs the Heart
Editor,
Thank you to Lagunatunes singers, their directors, and those organizations, including our city, who support them.
Their Saturday night concert was an outstanding expression of...
Edison’s Ripoff
Editor,
Saturday I received a letter from the Edison Company demanding I pay them $75 because I opted out of taking their new dangerous electric...
She Objects to a Characterization
Editor,
While vacationing in France I thought I’d take a look at the local papers and I came across John Kreber’s June 1 commentary about...
Local Currents: The Right Kinds of Problems
"Don't be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams.”
--Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Who ever thought that a high school tennis awards banquet could double...
Lynda Roth
Lynda Roth, composer and performer and 25-year Laguna Beach resident, died June 2, 2012, at her home surrounded by her life partner Lisa Richter...
Final Thoughts on the 74th Assembly Race
By Jean Ardell | NB Indy columnist
In the beginning I was mad at them all. As I got ready to interview Republicans Leslie Daigle...
Drinking Rules Doesn’t Equate to Civil Liberties Violations
Editor,
Thinking about the social host ordinance and the related controversy I was inspired to read David Vanderveen’s essay (“Local Currents,” May 25 edition). After...
Kudos to Elizabeth Pearson
Editor,
Kudos to Elizabeth Pearson for standing up to bullies like Richard Picheney and his ilk who have cost the city hundreds of thousands of...
Not a Paradise for Transportation
Editor,
Recently the city of Laguna Beach spent $10,000 for a polling firm in Washington DC to compile a citizen survey from a representative sample...
Nobody But Us
Editor,
Chris Henderson, Laguna’s and my generation’s master skimboarder, was living in Hawaii at the time and he asked a local friend which surfer has the right...
Village Laguna Forgets Ethics
Editors,
Village Laguna: While they are a nonprofit, they are not a charitable nonprofit but a mutual benefit nonprofit. In other words, they exist for...
Village Matters
Beyond the Threshold
If Cornell is any example, Ivy League graduations are impressive with pageantry. But more than that, all this beauty, color and tradition...
Mothering Heights
Not Child’s Play
Somehow parenting seems to be getting more and more worrisome. Not only do we have to ask “do you know where your...