Town Crier

Editor,   Friday night's wonderful Hospitality Night was our annual reminder of how much better Laguna would be if we closed the west end of Forest...

Editor, Each year when I get home after playing the Christmas Wish Fairy on Hospitality Night I can hardly contain myself.  My heart is so...

Cooperation   “Cooperation is the new competition.” GrowersFirst.com   Our family just returned from an epic adventure in Honduras with the Laguna Beach-based non-profit Growers First. The trip...

Of Sun, Wind and Waves   We’re approaching our earliest sunset and shortest day of the year. To rephrase, it’s not the actual day that...

For Nonprofits, St. Nick Arrives Early   At its second annual grants award ceremony, the Laguna Beach Community Foundation awarded a total of $140,550 to 27...

Helping Hands to Clean Beaches, 11th Moon Shines for Anniversary, Saloon’s Party Stuffs Stockings for Toys for Tots, Chicken Advocate Finds a Welcome Perch, Starfish Collects Food Donations, Holiday Card Making at the Susi Q, Democrats Hold Potluck Party, A Soldier Shares Her Inspiration and Finding Respite.

Jeweler Cuts a Natural Niche   Artist Paunta Afshar has opened her first boutique, Ancient Wisdom Jewelry, at 540 S. Coast Highway, which carries her handcrafted...

Family-Friendly Mash-up, Library Hosts Family Night and Grants Enable Arts for Boys & Girls.

Forrest McGehee Forrest William (“Bill”) McGehee died Sunday, Dec. 4, at his home in Three Arch Bay, at the age of 77. A retired high school...

Gifts that Keep on Giving   ‘Tis the season of giving … you can feel it in the air. Storefronts are festooned with glittering lights and enticing...

Can Gentrification and Preservation Co-exist?   I spent a recent afternoon in Venice Beach. Haven’t been there in years and much seems to have changed. Muscle...

Opportunity Knocks Eric needs some money for an investment.   No. I can’t believe he put you up to this.   You haven’t even heard about it.   Sweetie, If it...

Winds of change A couple of puffs of good news were enough to prompt a gale of buying that sent stocks up 800 points on...

  Beyond Posh First, the disclosure:  I am a personal mess.  My clothes are of no discernable style.  My shoes are scruffy and sometimes do not...

 Friday, Dec. 2   Sawdust Art Festival art classes: 10 a.m-noon, tidepool Bracelet w. Linda Ames; 2-4 p.m., silk scarf w. Olivia Batchelder www.sawdustartfestival.org/studioartclasses  949-494-3030.  Also...