Firefighters Quickly Douse Shed Blaze
A fire of undetermined origin engulfed a storage shed at the rear of a home at 671 Bayview Place in Laguna Beach’s Temple Hills...
Artist Adds to Museum’s Collection
Artist Wayne Thiebaud donated a painting and a group of six prints to Laguna Art Museum, which presented him the museum’s California Art Award...
Lancaster, DeLaRosa Prove Unstoppable
Breakers Run Over Roadrunners 55-19
Laguna snapped a two-game losing streak and regained their confidence with a rout of Saddleback last Friday, Oct. 11, at...
Streetbeat
Monday, Sept. 30
Keep the peace. 31500 block of Table Rock Dr. Doug Damauri Blazie, 20, one of the two people involved in a dispute...
From Ashes Rises a Collection of a Different Sort
The remnants of Sandra and Jerry LeWinter possessions from before Laguna Beach’s life-altering 1993 conflagration fits into a rectangular glass case dubbed “Memento Mori.”
Shards...
Hirst, the Art Darling of Forgers
The subject of mega-millionaire artist Damien Hirst divides people into camps. Some love him for trumping Jeff Koons in controversial inventiveness and others loathe...
Tennis Courts Set for Repairs
After years of tension between the school district and the city over responsibility for the deteriorating tennis courts at the high school, the courts...
Flying Poles Force Brief Evacuation
Southern California Edison's “routine” replacement of two utility poles in Bluebird Canyon was anything but routine for the residents of 50 nearby homes. They...
‘93’s Arsonist Never Caught
By Loreen Berlin, Special to the Independent
Twenty years ago this month, a savage fire devoured 14,000 acres of Laguna Canyon wilderness and ravaged multiple...
CERT Volunteers on the Front Lines
With last weekend’s high fire risk weather conditions, trained volunteers were asked for the first time to take a “fire watch” shift at one...
Street Beat 10/11/13
Monday, Sept. 30
Keep the peace. 31500 block of Table Rock Dr. Doug Damauri Blazie, 20, one of the two people involved in a dispute...
New Venue Opens Views Artists Never See
After spending the last 25 years painting all over the country, plein air painter Gavin Brooks moved to Laguna Beach earlier this year from...
New Look for Laguna Hotel Taking Shape
The Aliso Creek Inn will shut down for several months beginning Nov. 1 to begin room renovations by the new owners, though the golf...
Pressing for a Monument to Lives Lost in the Line of Duty
A new memorial should be erected near Laguna Beach’s existing Sept. 11 and veterans memorials in remembrance of three public-safety employees who died in...
Hurdles Remain for Artists Work/Live Project
Faced with a probable tie vote, Laguna Beach sculptor Louis Longi asked for a delay of a Planning Commission decision on his proposed 30-unit...