Observations

Christa Pike was 18 when she was convicted in the 1995 Knoxville torture and murder of a classmate, 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer, in a jealous rage and became one of the youngest women to be sent to death row. Christa Pike had a scheduled execution date of September 30, 2026; however, Tennessee state officials failed to complete the execution after two separate doses of lethal injection drugs faile...

It didn't take the internet long to identify this "Karen" as Lori Nunis, a local woman walking her dog that confronted the filming crew of a surprise marriage proposal at Crescent Bay Point Park, demanding they dismantle the setup and claiming she had called the police. Once the mariachi music started, she yelled xenophobic remarks including "this isn't Mexico" and "go back to Mexico".

Women, some citing their own experiences of sexual assault, are posting on social media that they are Jane Doe, in solidarity with the woman using the pseudonym in accusing fraternity members of raping her at Cornell University in 2024.

From teaching him soccer and boxing, to providing him sound advice, and supporting him in pursuing his own direction, Ed explains how his father shaped him into who he is today.

Starbucks touts its plastic cups as “widely recyclable”; however, Beyond Plastics conducted a nationwide tracker investigation, covering 21 states. After three months of tracking in 2026, not even one discarded cup ended up at a plastics recycling facility. Not one. Eco Forward, in collaboration with Beyond Plastics, is organizing a news conference and rally at 11:00 AM at the Starbucks corporate...

From globetrotting to a cross-country road trip, Lisa shares the highlights of her summer vacation, and the highlights of entertainment we can enjoy this weekend.

There's differences of opinion, then there's just being mean.

With the announcement that Ariana Grande is “taking a step back from visibility” after her Eternal Sunshine tour wraps on September 1, Ed comments on the endless, ongoing public scrutiny she has had to endure.

With the latest news of yet another victory in court for local entrepreneur Mo Honarkar, Ed notes that now there are those that celebrated and capitalized on the Honarkar family’s troubles, are admitting they were on the wrong side of that dispute.

A judge has ruled on the lawsuit filed by Festival of Arts against Terra Laguna Beach, and Ed outlines the facts around the case, what the ruling entailed, and what it means.

Based on median home price versus median income, in California’s most affordable locales, around 4 years’ worth of income for an average earner would be enough to purchase the average home. In the least affordable places, home buyers would need 14 years of pretax income.

At least six children and young adults in the community have been diagnosed with Ewing sarcoma, an exceptionally rare bone and soft-tissue cancer.

Ed read a recent blog by former Laguna Beach Councilmember George Weiss about current Mayor Mark Orgill, and noted that though the information in the piece is largely factual, key facts were omitted, such as the fact that Weiss was on the Council when the circumstances outlined occurred.

Ed wonders aloud if our founding fathers would be disappointed in the lack of political courage that today’s politicians show. Both sides of the aisle have shown no courage in the last several years.

Ed points the finger at 1990s garbage television as the catalyst for today’s dumbing down of American society.

Juneteenth is celebrated annually on June 19 to commemorate the end of slavery in the United States, referring to June 19, 1865, the day when Major General Gordon Granger ordered the final enforcement of the Emancipation Proclamation in Texas at the end of the American Civil War.

Ed details what led up to the sudden removal of 9 mature trees on Forest Avenue, and the City's fumble in its communication with the community.

Fuck the FCC

The Trump administration on Wednesday announced a new effort to initiate legal guardianships for hundreds of veterans, including some who are homeless or “at risk of homelessness,” that could be used to force more of them into involuntary or institutional care.

Ed makes the case that the administration will spend as much as it takes against Iran, in order to keep the Epstein files, and the failure of the FBI to find Nancy Guthrie, off the front page.

AI is showing humans how to plan & successfully carry out mass killings and assassinations

Ed examines the timeline behind the attack on Iran, and the inability for the American press to focus on more than one story at a time, losing focus on the Epstein files, and the FBI's Kash Patel's fumbling of the Nancy Guthrie kidnapping.

History and legacies.

Ed asserts that all the people who committed criminal acts during Trump's time in office, or were complicit, need to face justice for those acts...most important, Trump and those in his administration.

Ed makes the case for Denver to win, despite having a quarterback that has not thrown a pass this season.