Opinion: Restore our town’s fire truck, future generations will thank us
By Howard Hills
When I saw our 1931 LBFD Seagrave classic at the Fourth of July celebration on Brooks Street, a mid-1950s memory came back,...
Opinion: Pet Peeves
Charm Challenge
By Mark D. Crantz
The City is instituting a new program dubbed “Charm Challenge.” The objective is to incentivize retail property owners to spruce...
Culture Karma
Mother Knows Best
By Randy Kraft
I grew up in New York and spent most of my Saturday afternoons at the Metropolitan Museum or at elegant...
Opinion: Wisdom Workout
New Personal Discoveries
Some time ago, I discovered a book titled “The Power Behind Your Eyes” by Dr. Robert-Michael Kaplan. He talks of the need...
Opinion: Random Guy Noticing Stuff
Earth Day: Global and Local
By Gary Stewart
In 5,000 years of civilization, it has only been in the last century that scientists have come to...
Opinion: Village Matters
Make Laguna Shine
Last week, the City Council considered whether voters would be interested in increasing taxes in an attempt to extract more income from...
Opinion: Green Light
Answering the Call of the Pacific
By Tom Osborne
Jet-lagged and besotted by the enchantments of distant Pacific isles, I just returned from two weeks of...
Opinion: Pet Peeves
Resilience
By Mark D. Crantz
Laguna Art Museum opened a new exhibit called ‘Reflections of Resilience.’ I’m running low on resilience and didn’t think I had...
Opinion: Controversy Regarding Housing and Development Impacts—Variation on a Theme
By Ann Caenn
For over 50 years, Village Laguna has been guiding efforts that foster community living, a picturesque and quaint town with parks, open...
Opinion: Village Matters
Cleaning up?
By Ann Christoph
What does it mean to “clean up?”
South Lagunans are wondering right now about the Postal Service misunderstanding of requests to...
Laguna Observed
Surrounding The Art
I'm a lucky woman. I have artists in my life who are also my friends. The kind of friends to whom I...
Opinion: New Marine Safety Chief at the helm
By Roger Bütow
“Much mahalos” to retiring Marine Safety Chief Kevin Snow, who answered the call of duty for 44 years, basically his entire working...
Opinion: Pet Peeves
Leave It to Beaver 3, A Trilogy
By Mark D. Crantz
Recap? No, skip the recap. Readers are advised to go to the online Indy and...
Opinion: If you don’t get finances right, nothing else matters
By Mary Locatelli
While Laguna Beach City Council faces many important and competing issues, none are more important than the health of the city’s finances. As...
Opinion: Green Light
Going Away and Coming Home
For nearly three weeks this August my wife and I were away, far away, from Laguna Beach. First, we flew...