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Retired teacher and Laguna Beach resident Anne Caenn is the agitator behind a Main Beach rally planned for 10 a.m. this Saturday, March 24, a show of support for gun control and school safety in the wake of a mass shooting last month at a high school in Florida.

In a first sign of consolidation among candidates bidding to unseat Rep. Dana Rohrabacher in the midterm election, Newport Beach resident and architect Laura Oatman this week suspended her campaign and endorsed one of her Democratic rivals, Harley Rouda, of Laguna Beach.

An Orange County Superior Court judge ruled the city of Laguna Beach acted unlawfully in allowing the owners of the Ranch golf resort in Aliso Canyon to transform a derelict girl scout camp into an outdoor event center without environmental review.

Sunday, March 18 Traffic stop. 400 block of Forest Ave. 12:22 a.m. A 51-year-old Lake Forest man was cited for DUI. Pedestrian stop. 1200 block of S. Coast Hwy. 1:36 a.m. A 32-year-old Aliso Viejo man was arrested for a DUI warrant. Traffic stop. 1300 block of N. Coast Hwy. 7:59...

Eighteen people qualified as June primary candidates in the congressional race for District 48 along Orange County’s coastal communities, including the last-minute entry of former Orange County GOP chair Scott Baugh. Baugh, who served five years in the state Assembly 18 years...

Laguna Beach Police Officer Rock Wagner returned to the job this week after criminal and internal affairs investigations cleared him of any charges related to an elder-abuse inquiry in Fullerton that allegedly involved him and two others. Chief Laura Farinella said Wagner w...

Laguna Beach police seized pounds of marijuana, cocaine, a stolen gun and hundreds of dollars from two suspected drug dealers shortly after midnight on Monday, March 12. Police arrested Aaron Vasquez, of Irvine, and Alex Klein, of Anaheim, both 29, for suspicion of possession of...

Michael Garcia, a long-time commander in the Long Beach Fire Department, will become the next fire chief for the city of Laguna Beach beginning April 30, the city administrator announced Friday. With Garcia’s appointment, Laguna Beach city leaders have now tapped veterans of much...

Trade Wars or Word Wars? Wall Street is behaving like California motorists treating freeway on-ramps that employ traffic light controls as paved starting blocks. Red lights signal braking and green lights trigger competitive accelerating. For months, investors labeled halting...

A question about identifying foreign security threats to the United States elicited both half jests and dead serious replies at a candidate forum in Irvine Tuesday among five Democrats bidding to challenge the Republican incumbent in congressional District 48. President Trump...

Laguna Beach detectives arrested a second Oceanside man suspected in the burglary of five local jewelry stores last July where $200,000 worth of merchandize was stolen. Detectives arrested Alexander Kenneth Joe Aguirre, 26, for two counts of burglary and one count of conspiracy...

Candidate Hans Keirstead outscored five opponents vying to become the Democratic Party standard bearer in congressional District 48 to win the endorsement of a majority of party delegates at its annual convention in San Diego.

Laguna Beach artist Sandra Jones Campbell opens her new 30-painting exhibition, “Better to Show Than Tell,” with a reception at Pacific Edge Gallery on Saturday, March 3, from 6-9 p.m. Inspired by her childhood memories of growing up in Oregon, this collection has all of the...

A fire that erupted in Arch Beach Heights and was highly visible due to clear, calm conditions damaged a two-story home at 854 Quivera St. late Tuesday, Feb. 27. The action of the homeowner, who spotted flames after opening an internal garage door to check on an unusual noise,...

A Laguna Beach youngster already drawing attention for his skills surfing now lies sedated in a coma, battling to recover from a head injury after a snowboarding jump at Mt. Bachelor near Bend, Ore. Brayden Belden, 11, a fifth-grader at Top of the World Elementary, was airlifted...