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At a presentation last week, the Council, in addition to recognizing deStefano, showered more than two-dozen other landscapes created at homes and businesses with praise, according to council member Leah Vasquez.

Preview parties summoned local residents this week to the Sawdust Art Festival and Art-a-Fair, both of which open their doors on Laguna Canyon Road Friday, June 29, and for the remainder of the two-month long summer season. A similar ritual will be carried out next week on the...

A young child buried by sand when he fell into a hole that collapsed on Aliso Beach was extracted without injury, authorities said. Lifeguards who were alerted by a bystander about the 5:45 p.m. cave-in Friday, June 22, were able to free the child’s face and supplied the boy with...

      With his opponent continuing to pick up votes as a final tally of outstanding primary ballots wrapped up, Democratic candidate Hans Keirstead conceded defeat and endorsed opponent Harley Rouda in his bid to unseat Rep. Dana Rohrabacher in District 38 in...

Democrat Harley Rouda edged past his Democratic opponent Hans Keirstead by a 62-vote margin in the still undecided race to determine who will challenge Rep. Dana Rohrabacher in November in the 48thCongressional District.

  A driver and his daughter were injured in a Father’s Day collision near Three Arch Bay when their car overturned after being sideswiped by a suspected drunken driver, police said. The motorist at fault, Aaron Van Korlaar, 26, of Rancho Santa Margarita, was arrested for...

Authorities detained four men suspected of illegally entering the country through Crystal Cove State Park, the second instance of human smuggling via boat on the same coastline in as many weeks. Nearby El Morro Elementary was placed on a “soft” lockdown “out of an abundance of...

A paddle out in honor of Richard C. Carlson, a Laguna Beach resident who died this past week, is scheduled for 6 p.m. Saturday, June 23. An 11 a.m. service is planned the same day at Little Church by the Sea, 468 Legion St., in Laguna Beach. Look for a full obituary in the...

Based on the most recent figures available Wednesday, June 13, Keirstead leads with 17.3 percent of the vote to Rouda’s 17.1 percent. Scott Baugh, a Republican who came in fourth with 16.2 percent of the vote, has conceded and endorsed the incumbent. The other 12 candidates in...

                                  This story was updated at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 12. Two men in military style fatigues and armed with handguns entered a Laguna Beach home late Monday and...

Suspected human smugglers came ashore at Crystal Cove State Park in the early morning hours of Monday, June 11. A 20-foot boat was found by lifeguards within park boundaries about 6:30 a.m., said Park Department spokesman Jorge Moreno. Tide charts show low tide ebbed at 2:24 a.m....

Investigators believe a juvenile accidently ignited the fire that burned 175 acres of brush in a wilderness park and forced the temporary evacuation of hundreds of homes in Laguna Beach and Aliso Viejo. Orange County Fire Authority Capt. Tony Bommarito this week declined to...

By Victoria Kertz | LB Indy As California’s statewide primary election unfolded Tuesday night, the nation’s eyes were on the 48th Congressional District. Would one of the leading Democratic candidates advance in California’s top-two primary? Or would another Republican in the...

About 100,000 new voters have registered to cast ballots in recent months in anticipation of next week’s California primary election, where four congressional districts in Orange County are in play.

Investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board have joined the accident inquiry involving a Tesla sedan being driven in autopilot mode that careened off Laguna Canyon Road to broadside a parked police vehicle earlier this week.