Town Crier

I’ve noticed that the City maintenance workers use gas-powered weed wackers (trimmers), mowers and other equipment that is readily available these days in battery-powered...

Today, we are looking for a lost part of you that is holding back from fully participating in your life. This part is hidden...

Editor, (The letter was also addressed to top city administrators and elected officials.) I write in support of installing the proposed traffic signal at Emerald Bay...

Editor, The other day I was on my way to the store when I approached an intersection. As I turned my signal on to turn...

  Xochitl Javier, Miles Riehle and Austin Willhoft received the Boys & Girls Club’s top youth of the year awards at an annual ceremony on...

The Nature Reserve of Orange County, in collaboration with other agencies, is now conducting an aerial weed survey during daylight hours through June 20....

I think what the board is doing is anti-student. You say you are for students but every action you’ve taken is counter to that. You...

Editor, Doing business today is hard enough without having to fight the city at every turn. Whether it's Valentine's or Mother's Day (our biggest holidays) you're...

Editor, We support Friendship Shelter’s proposal for permanent supportive housing for Laguna’s homeless. The City Council did a good thing five years ago in setting up...

A Balancing Act Discernment is the ability to notice fine-point details and to show good judgment. This ability requires a healthy working relationship between our...

The Chamber of Commerce hosted its annual State of the City event on May 2—it was our largest turnout in history. Mayor Bob Whalen...

People tell me things.  Perfect strangers unburden themselves to me, and nowhere is this more evident than when I’m sitting my photographer husband, Gary’s,...

For 22 years my NGO, Clean Water Now (CWN), has confronted our home, the City of Laguna Beach, regarding its chronic beach closures over...

Former Laguna Beach mayor and landscape architect Ann Christoph, who has designed Montage gardens, portions of Heisler Park and is currently working on the...

Holy Smokes A flood of memories came back to me while reading the Indy’s police blotter. There were lots of traffic stops. Yep, done that....