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The city of Laguna Beach will host a free public lecture at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 30, to present proposals for an estuary restoration project at Aliso Creek and its implications for the future. The lecture will be held in the community room at the Laguna Beach Community Center...

Laguna Beach native Michael Lewis came out on top in his Bryan Herta Autosport No. 98 Hyundai i30 N TCR race car this past weekend at Utah Motorsports Campus during the Pirelli World Challenge Grand Prix of Utah. Lewis set the fastest time during the qualifying round on Aug. 11,...

Festival of Arts exhibitors Richard Bohn, Carla Bosch, Antje Campbell, Kate Cohen, Brad Elsberry, Carolyn Johnson, Elizabeth McGhee, Adam Neeley, and Kirsten Whalen will use reclaimed, reused or recycled material to create original fashions for the 10th annual Festival Runway...

The votes have been counted and artist Sally Strand has won the “People’s Choice Award” for her work at the recent Community Art Project (CAP) exhibit titled, “Pastels!” at City Hall. It was a tie between two of Strand’s pieces, “Man with Yellow Towel” and “Player Series No. 2...

The Laguna Beach City Council tentatively approved new regulations Wednesday, Aug. 7, for the construction of accessory dwelling units (ADUs), restricting them in neighborhoods with impaired access for emergency vehicles.

After serving nine years as executive chef of Montage Resort’s award-winning Studio restaurant, Chef Craig Strong will be opening his own restaurant, Ocean at Main, in downtown Laguna Beach this fall.

Two things you can always count on for summer: Pageant of the Masters and a Laguna Playhouse musical.

Catmosphere Laguna, the first cat café in Orange County, is slated to open Monday, Aug. 13. Founded by Gail Allyn Landau, Catmosphere Laguna will serve as both a community café and a foster home for adoptable cats and kittens. Catmosphere Laguna has partnered with the Laguna...

The California Coastal Commission levied a $1 million fine on Aug. 9 against a Laguna Beach couple for rebuilding their beachfront house in Laguna without applying for a coastal development permit.

A jury made up of Mark Porterfield, Steve Chadma, Emma Patton, Pat Sparkuhl and Stephanie Cunningham has selected first, second and third place winners from more than 300 Orange County students’ work of art on display in the Festival of Art’s Junior Art Exhibit. The award...

“End of the Rainbow,”starring Angela Ingersoll as Judy Garland, comes to the Laguna Beach Playhouse Sunday, Aug. 12, at 5:30 p.m. and runs through Sunday, Sept. 2. The story of Garland in her final days is written by Peter Quilter, with musical direction by Jon Steinhagen and...

Two Laguna Beach surfers earned high marks during the Western Surfing Association’s first contest of the season Aug. 4-5 at San Onofre State Beach Trail 6. Hudson Saunders took second in the Boys U14 division, and Zack Van Meter scored third in Boys U12. Last weekend’s contest...

A neighborhood meeting about emergency readiness in case of fire and/or other disaster scenarios will be held on Tuesday, Aug. 28, from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Laguna Terrace Park Clubhouse at 30802 Coast Highway.

The Laguna Beach Planning Commission unanimously approved the city’s purchase of 10 undeveloped parcels in the Arch Beach Heights neighborhood on Wednesday to preserve open space for native habitat and double as defensible space for firefighters during a wildfire.