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Cindy Prewitt, founder of Laguna Beach Live!, was named as the 2022 Citizen of the Year by the Laguna Beach Patriot’s Day Parade committee,...

With our global mess of political imbroglios, progress eludes formal leadership. An amazing number of Americans also lack faith in broadcast news, science, or...

I had another happy birthday Dec. 31, and did not share the sense so many people expressed that 2021 was a horrible year. I...

Councilmember Peter Blake, Mayor Sue Kempf, and Mayor Pro Tem Bob Whalen voted to censure Councilmember George Weiss. It would now be appropriate to...

Goodbye Liberate Laguna Liberate Laguna was started because my longtime friend Peter Blake and I got tired of being bullied by Village Laguna. Its members...

It’s been nearly 10 years since the community voiced its disapproval over a parking garage at the village entrance and the council pulled it...

By Rebecca Washington-Lindsey The celebration of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his legacy will be remembered on Jan. 17, 2022, after 59 years....

Things Held Dear Remember the Longfellow poem that opens, “Listen, my children, and you shall hear/ Of the Midnight ride of Paul Revere...”? The Colonists...

Firebrand Media recently joined forces with independent community news publishers in Southern California to confront challenges exacerbated by the pandemic. The Southern California Community Media...

By Jheri St. James I hear the oud’s resonant strings, the dumbek’s rhythms and the mijwiz playing snake charmer tones over excited voices. In my...

By Miranda McPhee “I need your New Year’s story no later than Dec. 30,” said my editor for the umpteenth time. “Then we’ll talk about...

By Amy Francis Dechary The skiff slid out of the fog onto the beach at Crescent Bay, Champagne bottles jingling in the wood crates it ferried. “What...

I read the letter from Randi Berger in this week’s Indy regarding reactions to political propaganda distribution at the Laguna Beach Hospitality Night on...

Once again, the pro-development powers at City Hall are playing Laguna’s residents. Just in time for the busy holidays, they finally released the residents’ satisfaction...

Ready or Not, Here Comes 2022   Since the beginning of November, my personal life has been a roller coaster ride of concerns for the...