Assistance League Chooses Its Businessman of the Year
Assistance League of Laguna Beach has chosen Jon Madison as its Businessman of the Year. Madison hosted the Assistance League's “Friend Raiser” at his...
Community Datebook 7/12/13
City Council Opens Personnel Board Positions
The City Council of Laguna Beach is currently accepting applications to serve on the city's Personnel Board. The board...
Fourth of July Limelight
Fourth of July Fun in South Laguna
About 50 people gathered for South Laguna's eighth annual Fourth of July Parade last week where families and...
Cost of Turning on the Tap to Go Up
Over the past 10 years, a customer of South Coast Water District heeded the district’s pleas about conservation, even changing the ground cover on...
Future of Urban Farming Arrives in a Box
By Sara Vandergrift, Special to the Independent
Alegría Fresh, an unusual farm that grows its produce in vertical structures, turned to an old fashioned method...
Employees Agree to Share Pension Costs
City employees will for the first time contribute to their own retirement benefits, under a three-year agreement covering salaries and benefits between the Municipal...
Assistant School Chief Resigns
Deni Christensen, the assistant superintendent in charge of curriculum for Laguna Beach public schools, resigned Friday within hours after a regularly scheduled performance review...
New Owners to Remake Aliso Creek Inn
Among Laguna Beach’s 20 hotels, Aliso Creek Inn may well be the lone holdout to lack flatscreen TVs in its suites. In two of...
Community Datebook 7/5/13
Ticket Sales Begin for Girls Night Out Benefit
Tickets are on sale for a night of pampering, noshing and silent auction shopping during the fifth...
Scientist Joie Jones, Presidential Advisor, Dies
Joie Pierce Jones, age 72, passed into the light on June 23 after several years of failing health.
As a high school student in Abilene,...
Local Businesses, Organizations Honored for Beautification Efforts
Laguna Beach’s Beautification Council honored aesthetic improvements to homes and businesses last week, the 45th annual awards
Receiving commercial awards were: Bank of America, for...
Street Beat 7/5/13
Cyclist Dies in Canyon Collision
A bicyclist was killed and his riding companion injured when a motorist hit the pair pedaling southbound on state Highway...
Lethal Medium Packs a Powerful Message
By Sara Vandegrift, Special to the Independent
With gun control a subject of renewed national debate, sometimes irony is the best way to take on...
The 37th Vic Marks Two Firsts
In the aftermath of The Vic skim boarding contest at Aliso Beach, contestant Blair Conklin found himself in a gauntlet of hugs and high...
Community Grants Make a Difference
Parents of some developmentally disabled young adults may have one less worry as their loved ones finally leave the nest for semi-independent living at...