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Women Warriors Join Arms   Just after the unimaginable election results in November, I wrote a column about hope, saying its always darkest before the dawn and that we needed a wake-up call from our collective lethargy to bring real change that helps those who are suffering...

A Lesson in Intolerance By Jennifer Zeiter Last Saturday, I attended the women’s march at Main Beach as an independent professional working woman, fiscally conservative with predominately liberal social views. I’ve voted across party lines and voted for Obama in his first term,...

Responding Locally to a Global Peril Eight years ago this month, the Laguna Beach City Council received a plan to combat global warming from the former Environmental Committee. After some modifications, Council later voted unanimously to approve the document. At that time, 2009,...

Rabbi-Cantor Marcia Tilchin, founder and spiritual leader of the Jewish Collaborative of Orange County, and local musician and cantorial soloist Jason Feddy lead a monthly Kabbalat Shabbat service at Mozambique restaurant, 1740 S. Coast Highway, beginning at 6 p.m. Friday, Jan....

A representative of the Federal Aviation Administration will take part in a 5 to 8 p.m. meeting Wednesday, Feb. 1, to discuss flight paths from John Wayne Airport. The meeting will be held at the Oasis Senior Center, 801 Narcissus Ave., in Corona del Mar. A new satellite-based...

As part of its commitment to improving community health, Mission Hospital Laguna Beach will be providing 16 eye surgeries to low income patients Saturday, Jan. 28, says an announcement. Patients that are seen at clinics such as the Camino Health Center in San Juan Capistrano are...

Firefighter of the Year The Fire Department named Captain Scott Jennie as its firefighter of the year. Jennie, a 26-year department veteran and 15-year captain, helped organize department training last year that emphasized firefighter safety, notes the city manager’s weekly...

Drone On There’s been big news outside of Laguna. China stole a US submersible drone. And Pizza Hut delivered the first drone pizza in Britain. The upshot? Instead of finding Dory, her pizza was delivered to the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. And Queen Mum got...

“Stolen Moments, the First 100 Years of Jazz” introduces audiences to jazz music’s rich history with a discussion and demonstration by the Metta Quintet at 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 30. The event relocated to the Woman’s Club, 286 St. Ann’s Dr., to accommodate popular interest....

  The public is welcome to meet the 25 student artists whose work is exhibited in “A Sojourn in France,” at a reception during the Laguna Beach First Thursdays Artwalk from 6 to 9 p.m. Feb. 2. The exhibition runs through Feb. 19 in the Laguna College of Art & Design...

Hal Landon, Jr., a founding member of South Coast Repertory, headlines the first Bare Bones play reading series in “Max and Wren” on Monday, Feb. 13. Landon will appear in the new play by Jerry Lacy, an actor in the television serial “Dark Shadows.” He will be joined by Claire...

Boys Soccer (4-6-2. 2-2-0) Breakers suffered a tough 4-3 loss at Estancia last Friday, Jan. 20, at Scott Field in the battle for second place in league play. Top-ranked Godinez leads the league and is 14-0 overall. Earlier in the week, Laguna defeated Costa Mesa (1-2-1, 6-5-2)...

Boys Basketball (13-9, 2-2) Breakers split their games last week as Costa Mesa (3-1, 7-14) defeated Laguna 46-39 on Wednesday, Jan. 18 at the Mustang Gym for their first victory over the Breakers at their home gym in 10 years. On Friday, Jan. 20, Grady Morgan’s hot hand led the...

Girls Water Polo (17-0, 1-0) Laguna 11, Mater Dei 6 The top-ranked Laguna girls polo squad had a tough physical match at home last Saturday, Jan. 21, before a large crowd at the Laguna Community Pool as they won their 64th straight match with Aria Fischer in the lineup. Breakers...

By Kathleen Fay, Special to the Independent Laguna Beach High School junior Nina Larsen has been accepted into the Southern California School Band & Orchestra Association’s prestigious All-Southern High School Honor Band in the top position of first trumpet. She played in her...