Town Crier

Editor,   “Lonesome Traveler” is a musical hit in every sense of the word! Run, don’t walk, to get your tickets to this Laguna Playhouse performance!...

Editor, The short article, “Home buyers to pay for tax cuts” by Richard Cirelli in his column, ”Ask the Expert” is something every taxpayer should...

Editor,   The 24th year of global warming hysteria was inaugurated appropriately enough by Tom Osborne with his annual “warm mongering” statement in last week’s Indy....

Editor,   Recent reporting and comments about global warming do not include information on the increase in the ocean’s sea-level, or what properties in Laguna Beach...

The Year Of The Dragon The Chinese New Year approaches, bringing in the Year of the Dragon, said to be a deliverer of good fortune....

Code Words   I was at CdM High School during the 1960s race riots in America.   There were almost nightly scenes of black people on TV...

We’re at a festive gathering on the sun-dappled porch of a harbor-front home on Balboa Island. Guests chat away, enjoying views of passing sailboats....

Comfort Food is Anything But Common   At 6’1” and brandishing tattoos beneath his shirt-sleeves, Chef Ryan Adams’ appearance suggests a ruffian, ex-prison inmate. On closer...

Laguna Beach Fire Department captain and paramedic Joe Maxon and reserve firefighter Brent Buccola will be honored as firefighters of the year at the...

Climate Protection Earns B+ Marks   Because of the difficulty of the subject matter, a B+ in climate protection is respectable.  In this town of...

Throwing Down a Fitness Challenge   Marian Keegan, owner of The Art of Fitness, is issuing a fitness challenge and a chance at six weeks of...

St. Joe’s Appoints Chiefs of Staff     St. Joseph Health System this week named new chiefs of staff at its hospitals in Orange and Mission...

Dolores “Maya” Bargiela, a longtime Laguna Beach resident, independent spirit and world traveler, passed away on Dec. 30, 2011, in San Juan Capistrano. She was 81. The cause was heart failure due to complications from a stroke. Bargiela was born in Newark, N.J., of Spanish and Hungarian immigrant parents. Benefiting from her talent in ballet performance, she moved to Laguna Beach when she was 16 to study under a Russian ballet master and later was among the first students at Orange Coast College. For a few years, she divided her time between Laguna and New York City but settled in Laguna in the mid-‘50s where she worked for a local business.

Friday, Jan. 20   Sawdust Art Festival Art Classes: 10 a.m., watercolor painting, water casting; 2 p.m., print making, fused glass. www.sawdustartfestival.org/studioartclasses  949-494-3030. Also Saturday.   Jazz with...

  Editor, (This letter was also addressed to the city manager and other city staff.)   I need to take a moment to tell you about Ann Marie...