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President Obama added six sites totaling roughly 6,000 acres to the California Coastal National Monument on Thursday, Jan. 12. The additions to the monument, one of Obama’s last executive orders, included the Orange County Rocks, the white-capped outcroppings visible from...

The Laguna Canyon Foundation is making plans to relocate to a ‘40s canyon ranch house this year, the first time its staff and volunteers will have a home base within the open space they protect.

The Women’s March on Washington is expected to draw 166,000 attendees, says a Facebook page, with 254,000 more expressing interest. Seventeen women from Laguna Beach plan to attend.

Laguna said goodbye this year to residents and community contributors who touched our lives and will long be remembered in our town.

The Ranch, 31106 S. Coast Highway, will host a plethora of holiday events over the next week, its first holiday season since its restaurant reopened after extensive remodeling under new ownership.

Signs of life are visible within Laguna Beach’s only movie theater, a landmark building that closed 16 months ago and is expected to reopen shortly. There is new carpet in the lobby and a giant popcorn maker gleaming just inside the front doors. Painters are dodging ladders and...

A recent survey about the health of low-income residents in five south-county cities, including Laguna Beach, reveals a significant increase in the incidence of cancer, diabetes, heart disease and obesity compared to 2013.

Early results on election night proved an accurate assessment of the eventual outcome in the race for city treasurer of Laguna Beach, with the 17-year incumbent Laura Parisi coming out on top.

While the locals on Oak Street are readying for their ritual transformation into a trick-or-treating block party on Oct. 31, Mason El Hage, owner of Harbor’s End Tattoo, is planning his Haunted Harbor’s End Halloween Bash with neighbors, Red Matter Gallery, Mozambique and the...

After a long struggle with a rare, incurable form of ovarian cancer, Sandra Woodard died in Aliso Viejo on Oct. 19 at the age of 54. Friends and family will celebrate Woodard’s life at 3 p.m. Friday, Oct. 28 at Mariner’s Church, 5001 Newport Coast Dr., Irvine. A gofundme campaign...

It made its debut at the recent Rotary Club annual Classic Car Show. The completely restored 1974 Jeep CJ5 goes on public display again at the Cancer Society’s Relay for Life at El Morro Elementary on Saturday, Oct. 15. And next week, former Laguna Beach lifeguards...

Supposedly, the Laguna Beach Aquathon is set for Sunday, Oct. 2, though, in the past...

When Bridgette Shaw received a phone solicitation from the Orange County chapter of the Susan B. Komen organization she wanted to help, but was low on cash. It didn’t take her long to realize she could make a difference with resources she had at hand.

Chilvers, now 60, described learning beach safety with practice rescue drills involving a Clorox bottle tied to a rope. Other lessons learned included recognizing rip tides and, as the cubs progressed to junior lifeguard classes at age 13, mouth to mouth resuscitation and basic...

Just four months before a planned move to open a Le Macaron franchise in Laguna Beach, Cyrille Lemoine suffered his first ever injury in 21years as a jet ski and motocross racer.