Personnel File 3/29/13
Deputy Treasurer Post Filled
Margaret Hanson will serve as deputy treasurer on a pro bono basis, city Treasurer Laura Parisi announced this week.
Hanson has over...
Aliso and Wood Canyons
Immersed in Nature’s Rain-Dance Symphony
Cloudy mists settled heavily into the dark folds of the verdant blanket wrapping around the canyons and hills. Like a...
Council Endorses Village Entrance
Laguna Beach’s City Council voted 4-1 on Tuesday to move forward with a $35 million multi level parking structure and park for the town’s...
Dog Attacks Ailing Sea Lion
Former astronaut Mark Kelly, the husband of former Arizona Rep. Gabriel Giffords, pulled away his daughter’s dog that had attacked a sea lion pup...
Rescuers Extract Injured Bike Rider
A 32-year-old bike rider, injured when losing control on a steep trail above Laguna Canyon Road about 10:15 a.m. on Sunday, March 24, was...
Linking Strings to Future HS Orchestra
After a half-year of playing a string instrument in third grade, novices are left in the lurch with no bow to turn to until...
Summoning Beach Girl Vibe
By Andrea Primer, Special to the Independent
Laguna Beach fosters many sorts of entrepreneurs, allowing for creative and eclectic ideas to prosper into full-blown businesses....
Grant May Extend Trolley Service
To take advantage of a potential $3.7 million windfall in county transportation funding, Laguna Beach’s City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to apply for a...
Reviving Plans for a Village Entrance
The village entrance project to beautify the area between Forest Avenue and the festivals and put in a parking structure has been on and...
Safety Rules on the Way for Stand Up Paddlers
Testimony about potential hazards due to the surge of companies offering stand-up paddling lessons on local beaches prompted the City Council on Tuesday to...
Wells a Splashing Success
Money raised by Laguna Beach’s Soroptimist International and its partner, Newport Beach’s Woman of the Wells, have built four wells in India.
The first of...
Community Datebook 3/22/13
Eco-Warrior Takes Up the Adopt-a-Beach Torch
The California Coastal Commission has partnered with the recently established Eco-Warrior Foundation to organize Laguna Beach’s Adopt-A-Beach Program, the...
Spring Events Both Sacred and Secular
Religious Services
The following are local services for Palm Sunday, March 24 and Easter, March 31:
United Universalist Fellowship – 10:30 a.m. Palm Sunday; 10:30 a.m....
Irvine School Honors Supporters
Irvine’s Tarbut V’Torah Day School honored top volunteers, Newport Beach’s Sam Wyman and Laguna Beach’s Lou Weiss, during its annual fundraising event.
Weiss, a long-time...
Philip Herbert
Philip C. Herbert, 73, a long time resident of Orange County passed away on March 12, 2013, in Prescott, Ariz., with his loving wife...