Parade to Celebrate Community
By Andrea Primer, Special to the Independent
Laguna Beach prepares for the 47th annual Patriots Day Parade this Saturday, March 2, a day when the...
Community Datebook 3/1/13
Tales From City Hall’s Corner Office
City Manager John Pietig is the guest speaker at Laguna Canyon Conservancy’s 6 p.m. meeting on Monday, March 4.
“It’s...
Captured in His Lens
Museum’s exhibit on Hollywood portrait photographer George Hurrell taps into local history
By L.F. D’Elia
Florence Leontine Lowe Barnes had money -- big money – having...
William Bird
William D. Bird, Jr. passed away early on Jan. 29, 2013 in his Laguna Beach home with his beloved wife Nancy at his side....
Daniel Dugger
Daniel Aldon Dugger passed away on Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013, at the age of 59 at his home in Sage, Calif., of a heart...
Street Beat 3/1/13
Tuesday, Feb. 19
Grand theft. 100 block of McKnight Dr. 1:36 p.m. An antique bench valued at $2200 placed at the curb disappeared.
Grand theft. 1400...
Author Celebrates a Renaissance Woman
Few can claim that cleaning out grandma’s attic serves as a life altering experience. Even so, for Laguna Beach resident Lorraine Passero, rummaging through...
Pursuing a Four-Footed Plan for Peace
By Justin Swanson | LB Indy
Rosalind Russell has been on this trip before. She hugs her legs close to the motorcycle, wrapping her arms...
Glennwood Remodel Busts its Budget
By Justin Swanson | LB Indy
Unexpected construction costs in a building being revamped as a group home for developmentally disabled young adults has Glennwood...
Homeless Shelter Continues to Evolve
The Alternate Sleeping Location, which nightly houses about 45 homeless people in Laguna Canyon, will remain open during the daytime for a trial period...
A ‘Twisted Blessing’ Works to Save Lives
By Justin Swanson | LB Indy
Laguna resident Holly Morrell was going under the knife again, the sixth procedure in nearly a decade.
A defibrillator planted...
Teens Get a Place of Their Own
A new teen center for high-schoolers-only is being planned by St. Mary’s Episcopal Church and the Boys and Girls Club but some parents feel...
Tuning Up a Cherished Scout Tradition
By Justin Swanson | LB Indy
Garbed in uniforms made of blue shorts and shirts and tied off with yellow kerchiefs, topped with blue caps,...
Community Datebook 2/22/13
Boutique Benefits Gathering Inventory
Boutique Benefit is holding its next drop-off on Saturday, Feb. 23 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Laguna Presbyterian...
Surgery Center Deal Sewn Up
Physicians involved with six hospitals in the region announced a plan to develop out-patient surgery centers in Orange and Los Angeles counties in a...