Women’s Collective Giving Group Awards $130,000
Impact Giving, an Orange County women’s collective giving organization and the brainchild of several Laguna Beach women, awarded six grants totaling $130,000 at its...
Standouts 5/17/13
Club Leader Nominated for Women in Business Award
Ellie Tipton Ortiz, current president of Laguna Beach’s Woman’s Club and a member of Soroptimist International locally,...
Stoked Surfers Keep Their History Alive
The vintage surf auction "California Gold" went off at the OC Fair & Events Center in Costa Mesa yesterday with total sales of $680,000.
The...
Locals Win in Brazilian Skim Event
Laguna Beach’s Sam Stinnett defended his title during the United Skim Tour skimboarding competition last month in Ubatuba, Brazil, riding a long-lasting sidewave on...
Residents Object to Skateboard Park
Fearing more traffic congestion and heart-stopping driving encounters with downhill skateboarders, Arch Beach Heights residents voiced overwhelming opposition to the addition of a skateboard...
Police Use Taser to Subdue Assault Suspect
An assault involving three men escalated into a struggle with Laguna Beach police, who ultimately deployed a taser twice to subdue the younger combative...
Laguna Crews Battle Springs Blaze
Laguna Beach’s fire department deployed two engine crews for several days to join hundreds of firefighters to battle the huge Springs fire in Ventura...
Unpacking Tools to Build Affordable Housing
When Laguna Beach resident Bette Anderson's husband Ken suffered a severe stroke in 2009, his convalescence involved months in nursing care in San Juan...
Benefits Broker Must Fight for Bids
Laguna Beach’s City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to temporarily renew a contract with the city's current medical benefits broker, bowing partly to earlier protests...
Tracking Releases From Afar
Two recuperated sea lion pups equipped with expensive satellite tags to monitor their progress were returned to the sea and are faring well and...
Laguna Defends its Water Wise Title
For the second year in a row, more Laguna Beach residents pledged to conserve water, save energy, and cut pollution than in other small...
Art Seen 5/10/13
Canyon Artists Hold Open House
Join 20 professional for their semi annual open studio event Saturday, May 11, noon to 8 p.m., 3251 Laguna Canyon...
Art Workshops 5/10/13
Creating Botanic Leaf Jewelry
Laguna Outreach for Community Arts is offering a beginner-level, botanicals art class at Laguna Nursery. Participants can choose from either Thursday...
South Laguna Shows its Charms on Home Tour
This year's Charm House Tour, Village Laguna's annual celebration of Laguna Beach's original homes, will take place on Sunday, May 19.
The tour will begin...
Local Observer Parses His Own Words
“It Takes a Villager: Wit and Wisdom by Laguna’s Irreverent Observer,” a collection of newspaper columns written over a span of 50 years by...