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LGBT Heritage & Culture Month culminates with the OC Pride's Laguna Beach Party on Sunday, June 25, hosted by Visit Laguna Beach and the Laguna Beach Chamber of Commerce.

Applegate was one of a handful of residents at a public workshop held at the site of the south Main Beach restroom on Tuesday, where public works officials outlined the city’s plan for its replacement, now estimated by city planners to cost upwards of $1 million.

“My father was kidnapped, my husband was murdered, and I saw all of it,” Alkhafji said. “My family has been threatened; I have been threatened everyday. I couldn’t stay in Baghdad.”

2017 Class Embellishes Thurston The graduating class of Thurston Middle School pays homage to the history of plein air painting in Laguna Beach by giving the school “Laguna Morning,” a work by award-winning artist and Thurston parent Jeff Sewell. Sewell serves as the Laguna Plein...

In the glow of Laguna Beach’s setting sun, you can see that Farah Alkhafaji’s eyes have seen too much for her 35 years.

Locals Paddle for Glory An award-winning Dana Point-based women’s outrigger canoe team is set to compete in the first of its kind distance race that sets out in Tahiti on Wednesday, June 28. The self-financed team will represent California in the 15-mile race three times around a...

Friday, June 23 James Clay Garrison Band, 7 p.m., Cliff Bar & Firepit Lounge, 577 S. Coast Hwy. World Anthem, 9 p.m., Mozambique, 1740 S. Coast Hwy., 949 715-7777 Donavon Frankenreiter, 8 p.m.; The Coach House, 33157 Camino Capistrano, San Juan Capistrano. $30 “Absolute...

Downtown merchants are invited to join a send-off retirement party Saturday, June 24, for longtime UPS driver Jesse Kolling, who is turning in his brown uniform after 28 years making deliveries in Laguna Beach. The White House restaurant hosts the reception with cake, appetizers...

Fundraiser Supports Women Fleeing Violence About 50 people contributed $60,000 towards the Tahirih Justice Center during a fundraiser at the Laguna Beach home of Jeff and Suzy Elghanayan Sunday, June 11. Actress Eva LaRue described the efforts of the Falls Church, Va.,...

By Charlie Warner, Special to the Independent Laguna Beach High School valedictorian Autumn Geil is a sterling model of the graduating class of 2017, which expect to gather for its commencement ceremony Thursday, June 21, in the Irvine Bowl. “I’m proud of myself. It feels...

The old pepper tree in front of Laguna Beach City Hall hasn’t fallen yet, it has made a sound.

Laguna Beach schools will see significant changes this fall with Dr. Jason Allemann starting as the new principal at Laguna Beach High School, while another era may be ending at Top of the World Elementary School, with the suspension of a 34-year-old program.

Laguna Beach detectives linked two San Bernardino County residents to a rash of at least six car burglaries that occurred in town earlier this month and are pursuing additional suspects, police said. Detectives on Thursday, June 8, went to the Redlands home of Rachel Alvarez, who...

Members of the South Laguna Community Garden Park invite the community to a Country Fair on Sunday, June 25, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the corner of Eagle Rock Way and Coast Highway. The Country Fair will feature local crafters who specialize in handmade arts, prizes donated by...