A Metered Prescription for Panhandling
In an unusual experiment of art and social activism, the City Council this week revealed five artist-painted parking meters repurposed as coin collection devices to benefit the homeless and to discourage handouts to panhandlers. Full Story
This presidential election year lays a voting boom and boon in the laps of Laguna's voters. We can begin with mulling the big races, and marvel at Obama's visit last Sunday to Newport's Balboa Bay Club where he harvested $1.2 million in heavily Republican Orange County. Full Story
Preserving a Glimmer of Local History
Andy Alison never found the right moment to make a pitch to the owners of Laguna Beach's Cottage Restaurant about the lantern that swung from a pole near the entry, mostly obscured by a tree. He knew its not-so-secret provenance as a historic artifact, one of about 150 nautical-styled streetlights decoratively strung across sparsely developed Dana Point in the 1920s. Full Story
Bluebelt Group's Attempt for Unity Yields a Watered-Down Result
Despite every effort of Laguna Bluebelt coalition organizers to marshall support behind three nominees to serve as a local representative before upcoming hearings over state marine protection, letters had to be amended at Monday's meeting to "acknowledge" the three, rather than "endorse" them. Full Story
