By Ellen Girardeau Kempler Models of tactical precision, squadrons of brown pelicans have become a familiar sight in Laguna and all along the California coastline. They conduct their fish-finding missions gliding just above the waves in lines of three or more birds, or flying high with beaks pointing seaward, ready to dive at the first [...]
By Nancee Wells, Special to the Independent Once again, the Channel Islands bald eagle chicks are hatching and doing so without human assistance. Today, bald eagles are hatching naturally on four of the Channel Islands, including Catalina Island, which has seven nesting pairs that have already hatched four chicks this season, according to Dr. Peter [...]
Ill Prepared Hiker Rescued from Hillside
A sheriff’s helicopter was used to extract a hiker who suffered an anxiety attack and was unable to move from a steep trail in Laguna Beach’s open space about 6 p.m. Sunday, June 9, police said. Lifeguards in an all-terrain vehicle coordinated the extraction from thick brush and a steep slope between Alta Laguna Park [...]
