Marine life artist and Laguna Beach resident Wyland volunteered to dress up the outside dining hall of Laguna’s Glennwood House with a sea mural and the help of 10 future resident candidates, the organization announced this week. Wyland plans to take up his brushes on Jan. 19 at the former retirement home undergoing renovation as [...]
A huge crate shipped recently from an airplane hanger in Minden, Nev., was pried open at Laguna Beach’s 484 North Gallery this past Monday to reveal Wyland’s iconic sculpture, “Dolphin Synchronicity,” absent from its native habitat since 2008. Valued at $159,000 by its owner, the sculpture is again for sale locally after an unusual migratory [...]
Local marine artist, Wyland, hosted a group of Boys and Girls Club members at Dana Point Harbor to compete in a whale-drawing contest while whale watching last month.
Laguna Beach won the three-way smack down against Dana Point and Santa Monica for which city would purchase the most whale tail license plates since the newly redesigned plate went on sale in August. Mayors of the three coastal towns agreed to compete in the friendly six-week competition when asked by the [...]
California motorists will soon sight the tail of a new humpback whale above vehicles’ bumpers. It’s replacing another whale tail designed by popular marine life artist Wyland, whose specialty license plate was decommissioned when he sought a share of royalties. Laguna Beach artist Bill Atkins teamed up with Bethel Island, Calif., painter Elizabeth Robinette Tyndall [...]
Church Celebrates Diversity and Inclusion Neighborhood Congregational Church hosts a free screening of “Fish Out of Water” on Sunday, June 26, at 12 in the sanctuary. Filmmaker Ky Dickens explores the seven Bible passages notoriously used to condemn homosexuality and justify marriage discrimination. With the help of a cartoon narrator, animated recollections of Bible passages [...]
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 [...]
