By Bette Anderson It’s the end of the year, the traditional time to reflect on the past, good and bad, and plan for the future, to rest your feet on the coffee table and sip a glass of wine, red for Christmas, white for snow. So I ask myself, why did I originally come here [...]
Editor, This past Monday, during our regular morning workout, one of the participants in our group suddenly fell to the ground and was in apparent severe distress. Fortunately, two of the individuals in our group were Laguna Beach lifeguards. What took place in the next several minutes was the most amazing performance of competence and [...]
Photos by Mary Hurlbut Sampling a Hospitality Night Tradition Go into the kitchen and see a behind the scenes video of tamale making sold on Hospitality Night in the Presbyterian Church. Here
By Karin Klein, Special to the Independent In a humorous hip-hop performance, dancers depict the hallucinations of patients in an old-time asylum. Through their imaginations, the patients move from the pallid, stationary environment of their confinement into worlds of color, comedy and rapid-fire movement. The dance was choreographed by urban dance professional Darrien Henning, [...]
When I relocated to Laguna Beach nearly seven years ago, the embers of battle between the various factions within the city’s populace and the developers of the Montage resort, were still smoldering. Having not lived through that war, I saw only the outcome: a stunning resort on a gorgeous beach with a lovely park where [...]
Girl Scout Troop 834, 145 and their little brothers dedication their Christmas tree at the Sawdust Art Festival this year to local Laguna Beach fire fighters. They decorated with a fire hose, handmade fire engines and stockings for each fire fighter, including a very special one for local fire fighter Steen Jensen who recently died [...]
Editor, Now that we have witnessed the colossal impact of global warming, lived through fires, earthquakes, mud slides, radiation leaks and grid failures, and have the knowledge that oil supply can’t meet demand, doesn’t it make prudent sense to prepare our vulnerable city the best we can? We are a coastal town near a fault-line with tinderbox [...]
Editor: Social and economic issues make this the most important election to Laguna Beach voters in years. Irvine is about to approve the construction of 10,000 new homes in our back yard. In the next few years, developers intend to build 4,000 new homes in Lake Forest. Taken together, this could result in 50,000 additional [...]
Editor: Several weeks ago, a fire burned near where I live. Thanks to the quick and professional work of the Laguna Beach Fire Department no houses burned, no one was hurt. To all the firefighters men who worked until the fire was extinguished, thank you. To all the police, electrical workers and everyone who helped [...]
We are sad to announce the passing of Charlotte Barker on Oct. 17, 2012, at the age of 92. Barker was born in 1920 in Minnesota. In the 1940s, she moved to Los Angeles, where she worked for Craig Corporation and where she also met her husband, Roy. After vacationing in Laguna Beach for many [...]
Editor, We have heard for years that in Laguna Beach one person can create havoc. Is it true that Audrey Prosser, a member of the local Democrats, does not like Mayor Jane Egly and caused the group to refuse endorsing her for election? Is it true that county Democrats never contacted Bob Whalen, a long-time [...]
Jeff LaTendresse, a 15-year Laguna Beach fire department veteran who currently serves as the deputy fire chief, will head the city’s department, effective Oct. 29, the city manager announced Wednesday. LaTendresse succeeds Kris Head, who led the four-station department for two years and retired after 28 years of service. LaTendresse, who previously worked in departments [...]
Editor: I would like to call upon the new City Council to once again re-address the issue of view preservation and restoration in Laguna Beach in the area of vegetation, particularly trees. The Design Review Board regulates views in all areas except this one. The “good neighbor” ways of past decades, where we all kept our [...]
Throughout October, Laguna Beach Firefighters will be visiting area schools and participating in emergency drills to help educate the community on fire safety and emergency preparedness. The public is invited to come by and visit any of the city’s four fire stations on Saturday, Oct. 13, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. to tour the [...]
A collection of classic cars and motorcycles bring to life the history, engineering ingenuity and art form of automobile design during Laguna Beach Rotary Club’s 9th Annual Classic Car Show, set for Sunday, Oct. 7, from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Festival of Arts’ grounds, 650 Laguna Canyon Rd. This annual event features [...]
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 [...]
