The Laguna Beach Planning Commission will evaluate options for “complete streets” features on Glenneyre Street in a public hearing Wednesday, Dec. 12 at 6:30 p.m. The options to be evaluated, as outlined in a recent study prepared by a transportation consulting firm, are crosswalk enhancements at intersections and installation of bike lanes between Thalia Street [...]
Photos and Text by Kathy Ochiai, Special to the Independent About 100 surfing fans came out on Saturday, May 26 to watch their hometown favorites compete in Laguna Beach’s 11th annual Spring Surfabout at the Thalia Street break. A nice little wind swell popped up overnight and provided the contestants with 2-4 foot waves. Only Laguna [...]
Will Taylor Bonsey passed away on May 17, 2012. He lost his seven-year hard-fought battle with a neuro-immune disease. All those who knew Will, will remember him as the boy who never would sit on the sideline just watching. He was a doer who enthusiastically took on any challenge. Will believed there were no limits [...]
In Laguna Beach, as elsewhere, firefighters are expected to arrive promptly and work efficiently smothering fire. On Friday, Deputy Fire Chief Jeff LaTendresse took the department’s service up a level, reporting a 7:30 a.m. blaze that caused $100,000 in damage to a Thalia Street home, but also personally evacuating the two occupants, who were still [...]
Police Use Taser to Subdue Assault Suspect
An assault involving three men escalated into a struggle with Laguna Beach police, who ultimately deployed a taser twice to subdue the younger combative suspect in the 300 block of Cozumel around 1:15 a.m. Friday, May 10, police said. Police ultimately arrested Laguna Beach resident Sergio Gabriel Borgognone, 51, for allegedly resisting arrest and his [...]
