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After a five-hour hearing, the California Coastal Commission voted 9-1 Thursday to grant a local coastal development permit to allow Laguna Beach resident Mark Christy to continue renovation of The Ranch, a neglected hotel and golf course in Aliso Canyon. As one of the conditions...

Finding The Great Connectedness  I exercise about four times a week, usually by kayaking when it is warm and if not with a 30-minute routine while watching TV. For years I added a stretching routine that mimics yoga, which I practiced long ago until becoming bored. Yoga was not...

Whether you hike, bike, explore or volunteer, the opportunities abound to get out into the acres of wilderness surrounding Laguna Beach. The weather is perfect, the New Year’s resolutions are fresh; what are you waiting for? Beginning Mountain Bike Ride-Jan. 10: Laguna Canyon...

City’s Promoter Elects New Lead Peggy Trott, general manager of Inn at Laguna Beach, will lead Visit Laguna Beach, the non-profit responsible for promoting tourism announced in a statement. Hospitality leaders oversee the organization’s objectives, strengthening a nearly half a...

Hallie Jones, executive director of Laguna Canyon Foundation, is the guest speaker at Transition Laguna Beach’s monthly potluck, Tuesday, Jan. 13. Dinner starts at 6:30 p.m. at the Neighborhood Congregational Church, 340 St. Ann’s Drive. Jones will describe what is necessary to...

Yard Sale Funds Scholarships The second annual 10 Boys Who Care mega yard sale will be held from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 10, at Legion Hall, 384 Legion St. Sale proceeds help fund the boys’ goal of raising $5,000 towards two scholarships for graduating high school...

Larry Nokes, a local attorney and president of the Chamber of Commerce, won the Silver Tongue Award in the friendly competition between guest DJs during local radio station KX 93.5’s fundraising drive last month. The award was bestowed on the DJ who helped raise the most money...

By Christopher Trela | NB Indy He’s created one-man shows about George Gershwin, Chopin, Beethoven, Leonard Bernstein, and Liszt. Now, musician, actor and playwright Hershey Felder returns to Laguna Playhouse with his latest solo show, “Hershey Felder as Irving Berlin,” written...

By Robin Pierson, Special to the Independent As she travels the world, award-winning artist Martha Fuller opens her mind and her camera shutter to the quirky and the mysterious, connecting seemingly disparate images to create an emotionally expressive memoir. In her sh...

Peeking Into the Artist Colony Oh boy, what fun. I read in the Indy about the Open Studios event scheduled for Jan. 3. Artists welcomed the public into their studios to see how they create art. I’ve always suspected that a lot of artists paint by numbers. They don’t. This event...

Registration is now open for a studio visit with painter Kathy Jones and workshops with artists Lydia Delgado and Reem Khalil, organized by Laguna Outreach for Community Arts. The Art Club event where Jones will discuss her approach and process is on Thursday, Jan. 15, 4-6p.m.,...

Tim Wirkus, winner of the 2013 Quarterly West novella contest, will discuss and sign his debut novel, “City of Brick and Shadow,” at 6 p.m. Thursday Jan. 15, at Laguna Beach Books, 1200 S. Coast Highway. The 31-year-old author lives in Irvine and is working on his doctorate at...

Some of the area’s top executive chefs will serve as culinary team that will create a three-course dinner for the Ocean Institute’s Jazz Festival on Saturday, Jan. 24.             Leading the culinary team is Frederic Castan of St. Regis Monarch Beach Resort. Other chefs include...

Boys Basketball (8-9) Breakers competed last week in the Governor’s Division of the 25th Annual Under Armour Holiday Classic in San Diego. The 16-team division was held at Carlsbad High School, one of five play sites for the event. Breakers finished 15th after dropping a 71-62...

Girls Basketball (7-8) Alexandra Lewis hit four three-point shots to spark Laguna to a 51-21 win over Century this past Tuesday, Jan. 6, at Dugger Gym. Lewis finished with 21 points while Sydney DeCarlo added 10, Nicole Davidson and Any Nygaard each added nine points and Jasmine...