Town Crier
In Loving Memory: Stacey Garmshausen (Thomas)
March 3, 1965 - February 17, 2024
Stacey Garmshausen (Thomas), 58, passed away in Kailua, Hawaii, on Saturday, February 17, 2024, after suffering a brain hemorrhage. Her unexpected passing has left us all in shock, and we are devastated by the loss.
Born March 3, 1965, in Laguna Beach, Calif., Stacey...
Green Light: Laguna Is a Climate Leader, Thanks to City Council
Given the possibility of a tragic reversal in national climate policy as an outcome of the 2024 presidential election and the current worsening climate impacts globally, America’s cities may have to be our bulwark against the fossil fuel emissions that are dangerously heating the planet.
At the City Council meeting...
Laguna Beach Historical Society presents: Solomon’s Lost Horizons
The upcoming Laguna Beach Historical Society meeting on April 16 will feature a special presentation of historical paintings by local watercolorist David Solomon. The series of paintings known as “The Lost Horizons of Orange County” were created between 1975-2018.
Before his retirement, Solomon completed countless paintings of Laguna’s town and...
Obituary: Miguel David Mirano
18 September 1935 - 2 March 2024
Born of Jose Mirano and Virginia Bryan in Los Angeles, Calif., Miguel was gifted with a natural keen intelligence and an insatiable appetite for storytelling, music, reading, dining and all things vital.
From youth and throughout his life, he was an avid fisherman, hiker...
Opinion: Boomers are asking, what’s next?
Picture 79 million people, from Manhattan to Monterey, all with the same basic question on their minds—what’s coming? They’re the baby boomers, and according to Penguin Books Editor and Vice President Mitch Horowitz, this is a red-hot question for them.
I was in New York visiting Horowitz and noticed on...
April musical happenings at the Susi Q
This April, the Susi Q will be hosting three amazing musical events. Each is guaranteed to fill up fast, so act now to reserve your spot.
Begin the season with the free Spring Swing Concert featuring the Laguna Beach Community JaZz Band on April 18 from 6 to 8 p.m....
Opinion: Pet Peeves
Cannonballs
By Mark D. Crantz
Pools are the topic of the day. The Indy poll shows 75% want a community pool. While 25% can’t swim a stroke.
My Dad couldn’t swim a stroke, either. And I tried my darndest to teach him in a community pool. He wasn’t afraid of water....
Opinion: This is where we live
A Needle in a Haystack
By Hunter Fuentes and Jon Stordahl
The book Don Quixote is considered one of the greatest novels ever written. Its author, Miguel de Cervantes, created a new way of storytelling, hence the origin of the word “novel.” Among the author’s many inventions in his masterwork is the expression...
Letter: Is it the parking?
City Hall (and this includes our five elected council people) has, for generations, believed that building bigger roads and more parking would relieve bumper-to-bumper congestion. There is no academic evidence to support this belief.
Michael Hoag, Laguna Beach
Letter: Former Gelson’s space could be used for affordable housing
Maybe there is a visionary developer who would take Gelson’s space and convert the building to several two-bedroom, working-wage affordable apartments.
Rotate the use of building space so the residence front faces the park across the street for a nice view. Keep the parking underground, and make a smart-looking back...