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Staying true to his practice of foregoing oratory for the quick anecdote, Mayor Kelly Boyd summed up in short order the State of the City during the annual address.

Residents and business owners in Laguna Beach may think twice before yelling “timber” after elected officials voted to establish a tree removal permit process, including setting fines as high as $30,000 for violations.

Updated: An aesthetician was killed and three clients injured in an explosion within an Aliso Viejo cul de sac of dental and medical offices Tuesday, May 15, during business hours. Sheriff’s deputies, who served search warrants in Trabuco Canyon and Long Beach in connection with...

Donations amounting to several thousand dollars tipped into candidate Harley Rouda’s campaign treasury in the past few days following the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee’s decision to back him in the hotly contested June 5 primary election in the 48thcongressional...

After ascending the command structure of the Long Beach Fire Department over 28 years, Michael Garcia chose to step back down the ladder to become a battalion chief five years ago when a new chief was hired.

Not only kale and tomatoes sprout in the South Laguna Community Garden. Now hope for its acquisition as a public park does, too.

The Laguna Bluebelt Coalition, known as an advocate for marine conservation and its annual ocean photo contest, is expanding its mission inland.

After debating new rules for second units in Laguna Beach, elected officials decided on regulations to allow them within existing structures, but postponed determining if they should be banned altogether out of safety concerns from the town’s manynarrow, dead-end streets.

Hotel operator Montage Hotels & Resorts named Anne-Marie Houston, who joined Montage Laguna Beach as resort manager in 2017, general manager of the local flagship property this week. Houston will continue to oversee all daily operations at the 250-room oceanfront property...

A federal appeals court declined to rule on the merit of a claim over city of Laguna Beach policies that impact homeless people and dismissed the case initially filed in 2012 on technical grounds. In an unpublished decision issued Thursday, April 26, a panel of three judges on...

The blooming murals represent a new chapter for the 805-856 Laguna Canyon Road property, formerly known as the Festival Center but recently rebranded as The Hive. The 20,000-square-foot property, previously owned by residentMark Orgilland recently acquired by resident Mo...

Political campaign advertising in the run-up to California’s June 5 primary is surfacing on lawns, on cable television, in mailboxes and inboxes, but some of the sloganeering is being underwritten by interests other than the candidates themselves.

Expectations that three hotel expansions in Laguna Beach will add to congestion in coming years prompted discussion this week about the short-comings of the city's current approval process that evaluates projects individually.

Laguna Beach will test a new emergency messaging system downtown at noon next Friday, May 4, which instead of sounding a blaring siren will play a recorded message alerting listeners of a test.

Professional Tustin photographer Alex Cowdell, known for his imagery of Maui’s cliff divers, captured another sea-going creature and won first prize with “Henry the Harbor Seal” in the seventh annual Laguna Bluebelt Coalition photo contest. While free diving last April in...