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“How expensive?” tracks measurements of California’s totally unaffordable housing market. The pain: Southern California last year surpassed having 1 million homes valued at $1 million or more. The source: My trusty spreadsheet reviewed a LendingTree report looking at Census stats on owner-occupied homes worth $1 million or more in 2023 in 50 large US metropolitan…
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A Laguna Beach environmental nonprofit is gaining traction for its vision of restoring a South Laguna estuary to create a scenic gateway to the town that would also create a habitat link between the ocean and the nearby canyons and wildlands area. For decades, the marshy area of the estuary at the end of Aliso…
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All elections mark beginnings and endings. One thing this election brought was the end of the dynasty that began when Dick Cheney, age 34, became President Gerald Ford’s chief of staff. After Ford lost to Jimmy Carter in 1976, Cheney went back to his native Wyoming and in 1978 was elected to the U.S. House…
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On Jan. 1, 2024, a new federal law came into effect, requiring more than 30 million small- and medium-sized businesses to report ownership information to the federal government by Jan. 1, 2025. If the law applies to your business, you’re running out of time. Failure to timely file the report could result in fines of…
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Q: Our board has a member whose participation is perfunctory at best. He rarely responds to emails or participates in email discussions. I have missed meetings. When he does attend meetings, he rarely participates in discussion. May the board vote to remove him? We would like to open the position up to someone who would…
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An effort to enhance visitor and resident enjoyment in Laguna Beach’s downtown will get some extra oomph from a new agreement for Visit Laguna Beach to give $5.5 million to the city over the next 11 years to improve the area. The tourism bureau’s contribution will fund downtown improvements and services with about $500,000 each…
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In this week’s OCVarsity Gridiron video, Dan Albano and Steve Fryer discuss Orange County’s top football games in the quarterfinals of the CIF-SS playoffs and make their predictions. They discuss: Northwood at Murrieta Mesa (Division 6), El Modena at Thousand Oaks (Division 4), San Juan Hills at Oaks Christian (Division 2), JSerra vs. Orange Lutheran at…
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Here’s one of the big differences between the real world and the reality TV of “The Real Housewives of Orange County.” In the real world, it’s a good thing, as Martha Stewart might say, to be called a friend. But in the reality of the “Housewives,” and especially in the mouth of a very angry…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now GARDEN GROVE — Los Amigos’ football team entered the CIF-SS Division 11 quarterfinals Thursday with a perfect record and its best start in school history. The Lobos still wanted more. El Rancho had other ideas. The Dons forced three turnovers to shutout the…
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