Town Crier

  Editor,   A few days ago I was riding in the car with my family and we passed several red flags indicating high fire danger in...

Indy Calendar, Nov. 11-17, 2011

Visitors to the Nix Nature Center in Laguna Canyon recently witnessed some of Orange County's amazing aviators - live raptors from the Orange County Bird of Prey Center, based in Lake Forest. As part of the Laguna Canyon Foundation and OC Park's Weekend at the Nix Program, children and adults were able to see these majestic birds up close and personal.

By Christopher O. Schulz | Group Publisher Leading-edge fashion arrived at the Montage resort as Firebrand Media presented the premiere of “Laguna Style,” (see the...

Risk On, Risk Off   Wall Street loves jargon; its latest is “Risk on” or “Risk off” to label daily market swings. This is really only...

Editor, This letter was addressed to Jim Beres, the police department’s civilian supervisor. I consider the light crossings at Oak and Coast Highway, Laguna College of...

Editor, The article by David Vanderveen, "Getting Along" (Oct. 28 edition) was absolutely perfect in addressing the local police situation. This is a small town and...

Editor: This letter was also addressed to the City Council. With reference to agenda item #14, I am in general agreement with the intent of the...

Monday, Nov. 7 Emergency Disaster Preparedness Committee, 5:30 p.m., Community Center   Recreation Committee, 7 p.m., Community Center   Tuesday, Nov. 8 Complete Street Task Force, 5 p.m., Community Center   Wednesday,...

Ganka Brown’s letter “Keeping Score,” in the Oct. 28 edition misquoted the end of Ann Christoph’s Village Matters column of Oct. 21.   Christoph signed off...

Editor,   It won’t surprise regular readers to learn that Laguna Beach has a high rate of DUI arrests.  Laguna Beach is a popular destination, and...

Most readers may not even notice, but this week’s edition of the Indy is slightly more compact, closer to the traditional size of most...

Perhaps one day we will look back on this period since 2008 wistfully, as the time we gained a new and better perspective. Discredited were the institutions we relied on to keep our country stable. The economy that depended on growth and building more outrageously expensive houses stopped making any sense. Personal tragedies abounded. Sad and frightening tales, losses of homes and jobs, were the result of an economic “adjustment.”

Seven years after his death, Laguna Beach artist Andy Wing (1931-2004) has remained a presence in a community defined by artists, activists and multi-faceted...

Members of Laguna Beach’s Hare Krishna Temple marked the beginning and end of a cycle of the Hindu calendar with twinkling lights marking the...