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Editor, Our beautiful and friendly city annually welcomes thousands of visitors from all over the world.  We welcome all ethnicities, religions, sexual preferences, economic backgrounds, ages, clubs, groups, etc.  We have proven through the years a supportive and caring...

Despite the fact it’s about 3,000 miles from Laguna to Charlottesville, Va., plenty of people in town have been talking about what happened there last Saturday. It is beyond a crime when someone makes himself judge, jury and executioner.  That is exactly what a KKK...

Editor, At the last Laguna Beach City Council meeting, I listened to about 30 people speak relative to the details of the City’s decision to support our country’s initial endorsement of the Paris Climate Change agreement.  The comments were all in support of the...

Editor, Knowing that the most immediate way to reduce climate change is to reduce automobile exhaust emissions, here are a few ideas for the city to consider in meeting its current or new Climate Action Plan goals: Don’t build a 300 plus space parking structure at the entrance to...

Editor, At the Aug. 8 City Council meeting, our mayor and city councilmembers took steps to reaffirm our city’s position as an environmental leader in Orange County, California, and globally. At the meeting, the City Council voted unanimously to issue a resolution expressing the...

Editor, Now that members of the City Council have decided that we have a major traffic congestion problem, something needs to be done. They have ordered the city manager to come up with answers to the problem. If it wasn’t so pathetic, the council’s demand would be laughable. For...

Hate is Not Welcome Here The violence of this past week has shaken our nation to its core. This weekend, we witnessed in horror the despicable acts of hatred and domestic terrorism in Charlottesville, where Klan members, neo-Nazis, white supremacists, and the alt-right gathered –...

Senior Personals   LIME GREEN Men’s Leisure suit – brand new, medium, never worn – exquisite polyester with pocket protector – still in gift box.  I was saving it for a special occasion but cannot wear it due to substantial weight gain.  Asking $200 obo.  #Fatso   1975...

Snowflakes Here we go again. The city council is looking for parking spaces. Geez, it feels like I’m a little kid again strapped into my childproof backseat with no control over where my parents take me. I remember this ride. It usually ends up at a fabric store, dry cleaners or...

1932-2017 Katie Haven passed away on July 30, 2017, while in hospice care for the last several weeks if her life. She was a valued 50-year American Association of University Women Laguna Beach Branch charter member, having come to Laguna Beach in 1967 with her husband Al who...

By Loreen Berlin – Special to the Independent Local artists currently exhibiting their specialties in the Festival of Arts also applied their talent to other mediums and fashioned outfits from the fun and the youthful to the flirtatious and phenomenal during Saturday’s...

If you’re lucky enough to be invited to Barbara Crane’s house for dinner, you’ll be greeted warmly by a hostess born into the art of Southern hospitality, before being seated at an elegant table set with china and crystal from her collection.

Editor, In a letter I found in my files dated April 24, 1992, on city stationary sent to me, I was informed my home had been listed on the city’s Historic Resources Inventory. In the second paragraph of the letter there is the statement “that participation in the...

Editor, I enjoy reading the Indy and Stu News. They are the “go to” for local community news and Laguna happenings. What I don’t enjoy, and what is disappointing, is that the local news, and the Indy in particular, has become a political tool in our nation’s politics. Frankly, my...

Editor, Next year we’ll celebrate the 100-year history of Laguna Art Museum, which began with the founding of the Laguna Beach Art Association in 1918. One of the ways we’ll mark the occasion is by publishing a book of photographs and ephemera telling the LAM/LBAA story. With a...