Charitable Fund Announced
Laguna Beach residents Kavita Reddy and Matt Vella established the Vella Reddy Charitable Fund at the Laguna Beach Community Foundation, a group to support...
Scouts in Action
Sixteen new scouts ages 6-11 have joined Pack 35, which is now led by Laguna Beach resident John Hovanesian, MD. Since September, the pack...
Village Matters: Reaching Out With Maestro
We were desperate for new cats. In November of 2002 our two cats died of cancer within weeks of each other. For a while...
Seal Coaxed Back into the Sea
Officer Joy Falk shepherds a sea lion from rocks in Shaw’s Cove back into the water Sunday afternoon.
Photo by Brian Guth
Parade Honorees to Take a Bow
The 47th Annual Laguna Beach Patriots Day Parade will present this year’s honorees at the Honorees Brunch from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on...
Prowler Evades Police Search
The pilot of a police helicopter circling over Laguna Beach’s Temple Hills neighborhood Monday, Jan. 28, was assisting in an unsuccessful search for a...
Tempers Soar Over Aircraft Noise
Longtime Laguna Beach resident Keri Barriga knows exactly when to expect the next audible onslaught. Beginning at 7:04 a.m., the aircraft begin to roar...
Painters Depart Museum for Canyon Venue
The Laguna Plein Air Painters Association will relocate its popular and well-respected annual painting invitational this fall to Laguna Beach’s Aliso Creek Inn, ending...
Three Injured in Two-Car Crash
An Upland woman suffered a leg fracture when she was trapped against a light pole as a result of a 2:30 p.m. collision that...
‘Bright Bulb’ Lights Up A Program’s Flaws
As it is for most kids, school isn’t always fun for Top of the World fifth-grader Ethan Ghere. There are days when he’s just...
A Drink For Your Health
By Andrea Primer, Special to the Independent
Juicing, a dietary trend gaining popularity in recent years, has attracted fruit-blending entrepreneurs to Laguna Beach for some...
Walking Away From it All
One man's attempt to find healing by hiking the 2,660 mile Pacific Crest Trail
By Dashel Pierson Plesa, Special to the Independent
To his mother’s disbelief,...
Playing Full Out
By Robin Pierson, Special to the Independent
How does a mother, and a self-described worrier, watch her cancer stricken son walk off alone into the...
Chamber Sets Goals For More Growth
By Justin Swanson | LB Indy
The Laguna Beach Chamber of Commerce more than doubled its membership last year and expects to continue growing with...
Community Datebook 1/25/13
Winter Crop Seedlings on Sale
Transition Laguna Beach’s food group will be at the Farmers Market, this Saturday, Jan. 26 selling vegetable seedlings.
Many of the...