Village Matters: Colony Collapse?
Beekeeper Charlotte Bell “Shared the Buzz on Bees” at the South Laguna Community Garden Park on Saturday. As our local bees buzzed happily on...
Taking Stock
Crack On More Sail
Like a sound ship in moderate seas, the stock market is maintaining a steady course and speed. Sailors know that even...
Pet Peeves: Awards
By Mark D. Crantz
Laguna Beach. Another perfect day in Paradise, but oh no, it’s awards season. Ready. Set. Snooze. Here comes Peoples Choice, Golden...
Wisdom Workout
Exercising Your Own Voice
My friend of 38 years came to stay with me. She needed to get away from home. She is 90 and...
Pet Peeves: Big Hair
By Mark D. Crantz
Laguna Beach. Another perfect day in Paradise, but oh no, there’s big hair. According to friends (yes I have two and...
Taking Stock
Still Optimistic
Stocks began the year as if shot from a cannon with their biggest rise in six months. This was partly a rally after...
Village Matters
Obscure Linkages Embellish Understanding
Last week I went to Rockford, Ill., for my uncle Danny’s memorial gathering. My cousin George handed me a small red...
Opinion: Our Season of Discontent
By Billy Fried
If you're like me, your friends from around the globe are stunned at the negative publicity surrounding our little, swollen beach hamlet....
Taking Stock
Shopping For Blue Chips
Halfway through the fourth quarter and investors nervously anticipate both the Federal Reserve meeting in mid-December and the critical retail shopping...
Pet Peeves
GoPro Alert
Last week was my birthday. My grandkids sent me presents. I have two sets of three grandkids each from my two daughters. The...
Taking Stock
Hitting The Ceiling
The nation was forced to the brink a critical crisis, perhaps the most threatening since the Cuban missile crisis in 1962. A...
Taking Stock
Dips And Dividends
After holding a solid uptrend for most of 2013, stocks slid into a correction as the first quarterly reports disappointed. This could...
Holiday Digest: Memories can love you back
By Jackie Bayless
A scrawny, Charlie Brown kind of Christmas tree stood lopsided in the sand. It was to the right of Aliso Creek, flowing...
Wisdom Workout: Paradox
Have you noticed that if you attempt to care deeply about everyone and everything, you end up stretched so thin that you become brittle,...
Opinion: Home and business owners alert
Property is not insured against radiological accidents at San Onofre
By Sarah Mosko
Many residents of Orange and San Diego counties were relieved when the nuclear power plant at...