A Student's Family Ties Play Out Onstage
The Holocaust that resulted in the deaths of over six million Jews during the Nazi era is a tough subject to teach children. But Thurston Middle School's Park Avenue Players have embraced the topic in a play about Jewish children living in a Czech ghetto, many of whom die in the Auschwitz concentration camp. Full Story
Marking Time
Former Bluebird Canyon resident Lori Harek on Sunday marked the third anniversary of a horrifying morning that destroyed her Flamingo Road house and 20 or so others. She still hopes to rebuild. Full Story
Report of White Powder Elicits Full-Tilt Response
At Downtown Post Office
An anthrax scare that turned out to be groundless closed the downtown post office for six hours Friday after a clerk reported suffering from a headache after handling an outgoing envelope bearing traces of a white powder. Full Story
Larger Lifeguard HQ Inches Forward
Square footage of the proposed new lifeguard headquarters at north Main Beach went up, went down, and then went back up during Tuesday's City Council meeting. It might possibly get bigger still. The existing 1,850 square foot headquarters at the north end of the sand has long been overcrowded, serving as a home base for nearly 100 guards at peak summer season. Full Story
City Buys Day Labor Parcel from Caltrans
After enduring another round of withering criticism by antiillegal immigration opponents, the City Council on Tuesday voted 5-0 to pay Caltrans $18,000 for land alongside Laguna Canyon Road that for years has served as a day labor hiring center. Full Story
Bluebird Canyon Dr has nice new paving - but it's still 25 mph
Editor: Wow…the new upper section of Bluebird Canyon Drive looks fantastic…and the job was accomplished with a minimum of disruption, something our neighborhood really appreciates! For those of us who are recently back in our homes from landslide exile, the newly paved road is a really welcome improvement! Full Story
Compassion on her ninth birthday
Editor: Hello Laguna! Last Wednesday afternoon my partner Colleen Corbett and I presented our Oodles of Doodles art experience for Claire Black at her 9th birthday party. We set up our tables and art supplies in Claire's beautiful patio with a gorgeous view of Catalina. Full Story
Were dreams of a Girl Scout campground just a fairy tale?
Editor: I managed to keep awake reading Ann Christoph's two page historical saga "Girl Scout Camp" [5/23], which was not much more than a feeble attempt to aggrandize almost a century of failures on a small patch of land within Aliso Canyon. Full Story
Greenhouse gas emissions and Aliso Canyon plans
Editor: Even the administration of George W. Bush has finally and publicly concluded that the burning of fossil fuels over the past 50 years has raised the peril of global warming to a level of urgency. Full Story
Our traffic is bad for nine months and gridlocked for three
Ed. Note: This letter was addressed to the City Council Traffic congestion is a yearround problem in Laguna Beach; confronting resident and visitor with gridlock during the 3-month Summer Arts Festivals. Full Story
She Finds Common Ground Through a Lens
As a psychoanalyst and photographer, Laguna Beach resident Karen Redding knows her work resonates when she and her client - or her subjects - develop rapport. Last summer, Redding took that knowledge and her camera to Papua New Guinea, where the indigenous people - smeared in mud, adorned in feathers and topless - couldn't appear more dissimilar. Full Story
Life's Tough; Let's Mambo
Theater review
Melinda Lopez' amiable fable, receiving its premiere production, is performed to a salsa beat. Since these are mostly Cuban-Americans, this is more than a pleasure, it is appropriate. Full Story
Film Gives Voice to Those Little Heard
Join JOY Ministry (Justice Outreach and You) at Neighborhood Congregational Church, 340 St. Ann's Drive, on June 13 at 7 p.m. for a combination of film, poetry, dance, and conversation, as they screen "Voices in Wartime." From Babylonia and Troy to the conflictsof the 20th century, war has inspired poetry. Full Story
Wyland's Farewell Mural
Marine life artist and conservation advocate Wyland will produce his final Whaling Wall in Beijing, a mile-long clean-water themed version produced by children. Participating artists will receive the Youth Ambassador for the Planet Medal of Honor, held by the 51-year-old artist. Full Story
'Go Figure!' Exhibit Takes Shape Relying on the Human Form
Mail in deadline June 20
From July 19 to 27, the Southern California Artists Association is sponsoring its first juried fineart exhibition, entitled "Go Figure!" Entries are due Friday, June 20. Submitted works are limited to two-dimensional mediums and, as the name suggests, they must incorporate a human figure (or figures) as their subject in some discernable way. Full Story
Class Reimagined: Camping Under the Stars
"I liked camping with friends," said third-grader Michaela Bryant. "I liked the marshmallows best," fifth-grader Olivia Morrison confessed. "I liked staying up late and running around," said thirdgrader Cameron Garcia. "I liked the whole thing," kindergartner Olivia Shipp concluded. Full Story
LBHS Spring Sports Awards
beach Baseball Coach Jeff Sears announced the 2008 Baseball honorees including the Orange Coast League All-League Team. Laguna finished 7-5 in league and 14-16 overall. The season was among the school's best in the past 50 years and recorded the second highest win total in 70 seasons. Full Story
Laguna Wins Big at MACY Awards
'American Idol' has nothing on any of you!" Lee Childress shouted to an excited group of high school musical theater students. Naturally, screams ensued. And thus the 38th annual MACY Awards kicked off in Fullerton on Sunday, May 31. Full Story
They'll Hit the High Notes in Felix's Concert Finale
The Laguna Beach High School music department invites the community to attend their annual spring concert at the Artists' Theatre on Wednesday, June 11, at 7 p.m. The evening features a sampling of music from the department's chamber string ensemble, jazz orchestra, and wind ensemble. Full Story
Powers UC Berkeley
Graduates
Rachel Lee Powers, daughter of David A. Powers, president of Laguna College of Art & Design, graduated from UC Berkeley on May 22 with bachelor of arts degree in sociology and in mass communications. Full Story
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