Town Crier

The TLC Branch of the Boys and Girls Club honored global youth-service day by  partnering with the Clean Water Now! Coalition for their first...

A graveside service was held Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013 in the Temple Israel Cemetery in Gotha, Fla., for Edith R. Helman (nee Zak), who...

When and where generosity really counts   Picture a walk down a bark path, through a meadow to an old barn.  Then we turn into the...

For Richer or Pourer I was high in anticipation to read the Indy’s “In Laguna, More Choices for a Good Pour.” Then I didn’t hit...

Editor, This morning, I was very pleased to see that the surveillance camera is now in place on the Carolyn Wood Knoll.  The camera…plus the...

By Russ Gerber Soon after departing Houston International Airport, we hit severe turbulence. The pilot came on to warn that because we had to pass...

A Citadel Has Fallen   On Nov. 8, Hillary Clinton became the fifth presidential candidate to win the popular vote, yet lose the election because of...

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...

Editor, We must be careful not to support political character assassinations.  In this era of sound bites and informational snippets, it is most important to...

It wasn’t 30 units in 2007. It was 15 in 2010. City up zoned M1-b commercial property without EIR. CEQA violation. 8 feet...

Fifty years ago, Woodstock took place in August 1969. In Laguna Beach, in the late 1960s, street dances with live bands attracted hundreds of teenagers...

By Heather Hagen A couple of vintage post-Depression 1930s folding tissue paper and cartoon pilgrims, one man, one woman, decorates a side table below the...

Stimulating the Staid On Willa’s corner, at Eagle Rock Way and Santa Rosa Street, we have a Little Free Library. Neighbors leave books they’ve finished...

Reading is a pleasure that I’ve enjoyed since I was a child. My mother was unable to say no to door-to-door salespeople and as a result we had an entire series of encyclopedia’s that came with a bonus set of fairy tales from many different lands. I devoured them. I would close the door to my room; lay out 25 cents worth of candy that I bought from the local candy store with part of my allowance, and dive into the stories. Hours were spent with characters that faced dangerous challenges that required tapping into their instinctual wisdom and finding the courage to make the right choices. There were gross punishments for greed, hatred, meanness, stupidity and laziness. True love and happily-ever-after came in surprising and gratifying ways for the heroes and terrible consequences for the wicked, the cruel, the selfish and those that lacked kindness and compassion for the downtrodden.

Editor, I would like to give a big shout-out to Thomas Toman, deputy director of public works,  for giving me and others the opportunity to share our...