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Last summer, Jennifer, a teacher on parental leave, and husband Jesse, a Thurston teacher and Laguna Beach lifeguard, returned to the Sawdust. “We are a legacy. People are coming back who still remember my parents,” said Jennifer.

The Laguna Beach City Council unanimously adopted the aims of the Paris Climate accords to forestall global warming, becoming one of the first cities in the county to endorse a policy ratified by 165 countries since 2015. The Trump administration withdrew from the agreement in June.

By Cassandra Reinhart, Special to the Independent After almost 10 years, a landowner’s proposal to build an artist work/live space in Laguna Canyon has been...

A year after a violent mountain biking accident in Laguna Beach left mountain biker Chris Hukill temporarily paralyzed, the 58-year-old San Clemente resident has recovered almost completely.

Training played a crucial role in the actions of a young Laguna Beach lifeguard, credited with saving the life of a 10-month-old baby that began to choke while eating a snack on North Treasure Island Beach, near the Montage resort.

Lynn is one of many Laguna Beach senior citizens that may benefit from a city partnership with ridesharing giant Uber, which was supposed to start last month.

Laguna Beach will buy 12.8 acres of hillside property in Laguna Canyon for $1.3 million to resolve a lawsuit by the property owner over the city’s development conditions.

Trained rescuers go into harm's way to free a whale entangled by a fishing line off San Clemente this past Sunday.

Housing prices and rentals costs have rebounded since the downturn of 2008, making affordable housing more scarce for low-income or a single income households. “The low income situation in Laguna is not that great,” said Nadia Babayi, executive director of the Susi Q Center. She also serves on the city’s Senior Housing Task Force, convened to develop programs that assist seniors specifically with finding or retaining suitable housing.

Come September, a traffic-choked stretch of Laguna Canyon Road will be enriched by another mural to soothe the harried.

The starting line-up in the now hotly contested race for the 48th Congressional District includes two additional political newcomers, but from the more conservative side of the political aisle.

Last summer, while most of the nation focused on the impending administrative changes in Washington, D.C., Laguna Beach Unified School District adjusted to its own change in leadership, as Jason Viloria became the district’s new superintendent.

The city of Laguna Beach is trying to find a solution to its parking crunch, not only for its annual 6 million tourist visitors, but also for the people who live here.

City officials cut the ribbon this week on finished beach access improvements at Mountain Road, replacing the 51-year-old stairs, adding new fencing and reinforcing the Garden of Peace and Love.

A deal to buy a troubled undeveloped Laguna Beach hilltop collapsed over slope instability, but new negotiations to head off a lawsuit are underway this week between the owner and city officials.