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Sponsorship, gifts, and contributions to Laguna Beach Seniors’ Legacy Ball raised an estimated $216,000, which allows the organization to continue to improve the quality of life for the seniors, said senior center director Nadia Babayi in a letter to supporters this week. “With...

Casa Romantica Cultural Center and Gardens, the former home of San Clemente’s founder, has commissioned three dance companies to create site-specific choreography for its dance series, Casa Kinetic: Contemporary Dance Collective. The work premiers at 7 p.m. Friday, April 21, with...

Monday, April 3 Pedestrian stop. 100 block of N. Coast Hwy. 9 a.m. Michael Hays Matekel, 28, of Laguna Beach, was arrested for multiple outstanding warrants. Warrant service. 1100 block of Glenneyre St. 9:53 a.m. Joel Cruz Herrera, 37, of Laguna Beach, was arrested for three drug...

Violinist Étienne Gara, electric guitarist Ines Thomé, and flamenco guitarist Michael Gratovitch perform at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 13, at the Laguna Beach Live! presentation at the Laguna Art Museum, 307 Cliff Dr. The trio known as the Sunset Club brings their “new sound...

Monday, March 27 Traffic collision. 1700 block of Laguna Canyon Rd. 11:29 a.m. A motorist who had reached for on item on the floor drifted off the road and into a pole. She was not transported for treatment. Drug activity. 200 block of Broadway St. 2:12 p.m. Francisco Israel...

County health officials act to stem an outbreak of measles by imposing a quarantine on seven unvaccinated Laguna Beach High School students, including the one who contracted the illness.

Longtime supporters of Laguna Playhouse and the arts, Suzanne and James Mellor, will be honored at the Laguna Playhouse annual gala Saturday, April 29, at the Island Hotel in Newport Beach. The Mellors have supported Laguna Playhouse for more than two decades. Both have served on...

Winning entries in the sixth annual photo contest by the Laguna Bluebelt Coalition, dedicated to marine habitat preservation, captures the quicksilver nature of a shoreline that constantly changes.

Two teens that abandoned their crashed and stolen car and evaded a police manhunt on the ground and from the air for six hours were eventually arrested by a patrol officer, who thought their description matched that of the get-aways, police said. Their wet and dirty clothing...

Two teens that abandoned their crashed and stolen car and evaded a police manhunt on the ground and from the air for six hours were eventually arrested by a patrol officer, who thought their description matched that of the get-aways, police said. Their wet and dirty clothing...

Vernon R. Spitaleri, a longtime Laguna Beach resident, war hero and entrepreneur, died in January at the age of 94. Born Aug. 2, 1922, in Pelham, N.Y., Vernon was the son of immigrant parents Rosario and Martha Spitaleri from Italy, who taught their three children life lessons,...

A white clad army of 180 people marched across Main Beach at sunset in October 2014 like a human strand of pearls on the sand. When they retraced their steps, they revealed blue-lit orbs that cast an eerie glow on the performance art of Lita Albuquerque for the Laguna Art...

Monday, March 13 Disturbance. 400 block of S. Coast Hwy. 6:57 p.m. A Laguna Beach resident was arrested for assault and vandalism as a result of a dispute with a bar patron who was allegedly harassing an elderly relative. Tuesday, March 14 Fraud. 21700 block of Ocean Vista Dr....

The Laguna Beach Police Department urges St. Patrick’s Day imbibers against driving drunk by planning a sober ride home before the party begins. Extra officers will deploy beginning Friday, March 17, to stop and arrest drivers showing signs of alcohol or drug impairment, says a...