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Opinion: Musings on the Coast
Myths and mendacity A few new local myths are being floated by the usual suspects. The logic and purported facts behind the myths are so absurd they are embarrassing. Let’s examine some, but let’s...
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My Political Mentor, Part 1 I first met my political mentor, Dick O’Neill, in 1970 when I worked as the Student Coordinator for the John Tunney (d. Ca.) US Senatorial campaign. Our offices were on...
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Welcome to Laguna Dateline: Monday, Aug. 19. Los Angeles Times headline: “Irvine has hottest housing market in U.S….13,000 new residents in last three years.” In fact, Irvine has added some one...
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By Michael Ray I’m on vacation in Italy. I left Laguna on July 5 after watching this year’s July 4 celebration with drones. The show lasted seven minutes and featured lame images of dolphins, a Laguna...
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The Great Laguna Drone Fiasco Our esteemed City Council appoints the Environmental and Sustainability Committee, which “provide(s) recommendations to the City Council on matters pertaining to the...
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The Sweet Smell of a Newborn My daughter Gabby had just birthed my first grandchild, Oliver Grady Norquest, 8 pounds, 14 ounces, and was the epitome of the super-protective new mother. She and her...
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Targeted Cloud Seeding in Laguna By Michael Ray You’ve all heard of cloud seeding, right? It is a weather modification technique that increases rainfall by introducing seeding materials into clouds,...
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Blue Moon For maybe six months, I had been dating the woman who was to become the love of my life. It was New Year’s Eve, but I was alone in Laguna at my place, and she was alone in L.A. at her...
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In the 2020 presidential election, Joe Biden won 80 million popular votes to Trump’s 74 million. In the Electoral College, Biden won 306 votes to Trump’s 232. In short, Biden won the presidency and...
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Opinion: The civility hypocrisy
Just to torture myself, I sometimes tune into City Council meeting videos. Friends recommended that I tune into the meeting on November 21, 2023, and begin watching at the 2.25-hour mark. Reason: the...
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The Paddle Out Lysanne Ray Sebastian, my niece, was a waterwoman and a stud. She swam before she walked, was a star on the Corona del Mar High School swim team, and then was a varsity member of the...
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Opinion: Two Legs
As I was walking into Vons’s supermarket in north Laguna, a woman named Christine Kelton stopped me and asked my name. When I told her, she asked if I wrote columns for this newspaper. I said yes, and...
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The Big Prank: Laguna’s Hilarious Approach to Parking In a move that can only be described as a stroke of comedic genius, the city of Laguna Beach decided to tackle the issue of overcrowded tourist...
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The George Weiss Waste Award Councilmember George Weiss just cost Laguna Beach $500,000, and Village Laguna is celebrating. Why? I posit that Village Laguna disliked our city manager, Shohreh Dupuis,...
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A New Village Entrance Proposal This column proposes a new Village Entrance opposite the Festival of the Arts site. This proposal may be controversial to some, but its benefits far outweigh any...
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Saint Marina Dateline: Amaliapolis, Greece. Amaliapolis is a village within the Pagasetic Gulf on the east coast of Greece. The Gulf is giant, roughly round and some 26 miles across, the same distance...
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The Great Idea Circus: A Comedy of Study and Stagnation Ah, the Laguna Beach City Council, a place where great ideas go to be studied to death, only to end up resting peacefully in the graveyard of...
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Heisler Park – Oh My! It’s a warm and sunny day in Laguna Beach, and I find myself strolling along Heisler Park. The ocean breeze hits my face and makes me feel alive. The ocean view is breathtaking,...
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Here Comes Artificial Intelligence It is fair to say that we’ve all heard about artificial intelligence (AI) and how it will change our lives in unimaginable ways. To take a gander, I downloaded an AI...
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Saving the Remnants of Laguna’s Artist Colony As you drive down Laguna Canyon Road from the 405 freeway, you run into what Laguna used to be: myriad funky uses that create their own ecosystem. Some of...
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