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After a three-year hiatus, the Drepung Gomang monks of India will return to Laguna Beach for the seventh time as part of their Sacred Tibetan Arts Tour.

The World Affairs Council of Orange County (WACOC) invites the public to a dinner event and conversation with Chapman University professor and retired US Army Colonel Gregory A. Daddis. “Perpetual Wars: Lessons Learned from the 50th Anniversary of Nixon’s War in Vietnam,” will...

The Laguna Beach Chamber of Commerce has selected its new executive committee for 2019. Board president this term will be J.J. Ballesteros of the Ballesteros Group. Local builder Julie Laugton of Julie Laughton Design and Build is this term’s president-elect and is joined...

“Driving Miss Daisy,” starring Michael Learned and Lance E. Nichols, will begin previews on Wednesday, Jan. 9, and is set to open on Sunday, Jan. 13, at 5:30 p.m. at the Laguna Playhouse, 606 Laguna Canyon Drive. The show, directed by Michael Bloom, will run through Sunday, Jan....

The Laguna Beach Fire Department (LBFD) recently announced that firefighter paramedic Matt Rolfe has been named the LBFD’s 2018 Firefighter of the Year. Rolfe has worked for the Laguna Beach Fire Department for five years and is currently assigned to Fire Station 3, located in...

As the Laguna Beach City Council attempts to find its footing in the wake of a chaotic election, Bob Whalen takes up the gavel as the next mayor to lead them through the transition.

New Year’s Eve options in Laguna Beach include gourmet dining, DJ’d parties, champagne toasts and plenty of merry making. The Ranch at Laguna Beach, 31106 S. Coast Highway, will host a New Year’s Eve party with dancing, live music, a photo booth, a champagne toast and confetti...

Segerstrom Center’s annual Off Center Festival returns Jan. 10-26 for another audacious line-up of three bold and contemporary productions making their festival debuts. The powerful and evocative performance piece “HEAR WORD! Naija Woman Talk True” opens the festival, telling the...

  The Laguna Beach Chamber of Commerce invites the community to the grand opening and ribbon cutting celebration for Julie Laughton Design Build on Thursday, Jan. 17. Laughton has been in business 27 years and has a new location at 247 A. Forest Avenue. A graduate of Iowa...

A Christmas ‘Beauty’ at the Playhouse By Christopher Trela | NB Indy South Coast Rep has its “Christmas Carol” and Segerstrom Center has its “Nutcracker,” but Laguna Playhouse has established a holiday tradition of its own with its annual presentation of an elaborate “panto”...

Jade Howson, of Laguna Beach, ferociously paddled through the tropical waters off Hainan island in China earlier this month to win the title of world champion in the girls U-18 division at the International Surf Association’s World SUP and Paddleboard Championship.

The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Laguna Beach,429 Cypress Drive, will hold a 10:30 a.m. service on Sunday, Dec. 23, at which guest minister Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur will deliver her sermon “Hope in the Dark.” All are invited. Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur served as...

Street vendors must register with Laguna Beach before they can hawk their goods on sidewalks and pedestrian walkways after the City Council unanimously voted Tuesday for new regulations on where and how these merchants can set up their carts.

Casting for the Pageant of the Masters will be held at the Irvine Bowl Park, 650 Laguna Canyon Road, on Friday and Saturday, Jan. 4 and 5, from 7-9 p.m. and Sunday, Jan. 6, from 2-5 p.m. Prospective volunteers of all sizes, who can stand still for 90 seconds, will be measured and...