Editor, I moved to Laguna Beach five years ago and heard about the village entrance project, thinking it was a monumental sculpture or gateway arch. I attended the recent meeting presenting proposals for the village entrance and was surprised to discover it is parking structure trimmed with trees. For an entrance to Laguna Beach the city should [...]
Editor, There are 22,000 people in Laguna. Most of us are not merchants, nor members of the boards of the Playhouse nor of the Festival. Yet if the current plan is put into effect, we, the residents of Laguna, will be the most affected. The expenditure of the astronomical sum of $35 million to $55 million [...]
Editor, Yesterday, Sally from the Neighborhood Congregational Church asked me to meet her and Julie at the Food Pantry to help unload some food donations. Naively, I thought that would be no big deal until they arrived with two SUVs overflowing with non-perishable items they and their friends had collected outside of Albertsons. Volunteering at [...]
Editor, On April 22 I had an accident on Park Avenue after hitting a parked car to avoid an animal in the road. The assistance of so many people was incredibly comforting. Alby Beler of the swimming pool staff physically pulled me out of the vehicle and I was stunned and could not move or [...]
Editor, The two-mile Laguna boardwalk: imagine the boardwalk on Main Beach that would stretch all the way to Anita Street. All the hotels would have a romantic, safe and quiet pedestrian friendly connection to the main part of town. Laguna would have one more attraction, an amazing promenade for pedestrians, rollerbladers, bicycles, joggers. My [...]
Editor, The Blue Bus would get more customers if they allowed dogs on them. I like to walk my dog to town but coming home is a tiring uphill trek and if only I could take a bus I would do it more often. Margot Rosenberg, Laguna Beach
Editor, West Street Beach in South Laguna is probably the most well known beach in Laguna because it is listed in gay-lesbian guides around the world. Located north of the verdant West St. stairway and south of Aliso Beach and Camel’s Point, it can be reached by car, O.C.T.A. bus #1, a 46-mile route which connects [...]
Editor, I’d like to throw in my two cents regarding the recent debate on the worthiness of the blue and white shuttles. My wife and I frequently take the last shuttle down from our house on Friday or Saturday evenings, and take a cab back up the hill. We spend hundreds of dollars at local [...]
Editor, What does it say about a town when its greatest cultural landmark is a former gas station tower? Local historian Andy Alison compared our Main Beach lifeguard tower to the Orange Circle and the San Juan Mission in last week’s story (“Restoring the Town’s Sentimental Sentinel,” April 26 edition). If we really want something [...]
Editor, Thank you for the wonderful article featuring the Laguna Beach Lifeguard Tower in last Friday’s issue of the Laguna Beach Independent. “Restoring The Town’s Sentimental Sentinel” provided excellent insight and information on the importance of preserving the city of Laguna Beach’s historic icon and the commendable efforts of the city’s Public Works Department. I look forward to [...]
Editor, This year’s Earth Day & Kelp Fest event was another successful Laguna happening thanks to all of the teamwork among the community in Laguna and beyond. Transition Laguna skillfully organized music, food and helpful demonstrations of sustainable living while Kelp Fest participants at Main Beach decorated a giant kelp forest surrounded by displays from [...]
Editor, Re: “Easier Parking Tied to Quality Transit”, April 19 edition. Two critical points were not covered in this article. They were raised during the Q&A session following the presentation and made by RBF consultant Rick Wilson on March 20. These points are pivotal to the direction our planning process takes to relieve traffic congestion [...]
Editor, Please send a big “hoorah” to Daniella Walsh for the wonderful story about Maggie Hempen (“Revving Up Girl Power,” April 26. I am honored to call Maggie a friend and I so appreciate what she and the Soroptimist women of Laguna Beach for giving us the Healthy Girl Festival. Dorene Butler
Editor, Some of the local papers have had important articles recently. There were reports on a planned new study about widening the horrible two-lane bottleneck in Laguna Canyon from Forest Avenue to El Toro road. With just two lanes, it only takes one slow driver, a looky lou, or accident to cause all these daily [...]
Editor, I know my story is not unique, but that is all the more reason to tell it. I grew up in the Boy Scouts of America from the time I was a small child, and my mother was the Den Leader of our Cub Scout troop, until I went off to college, proud to [...]
Police Use Taser to Subdue Assault Suspect
An assault involving three men escalated into a struggle with Laguna Beach police, who ultimately deployed a taser twice to subdue the younger combative suspect in the 300 block of Cozumel around 1:15 a.m. Friday, May 10, police said. Police ultimately arrested Laguna Beach resident Sergio Gabriel Borgognone, 51, for allegedly resisting arrest and his [...]
