Raising a City Standard
Chad Cooper presented a Laguna Beach flag of his own design to the City Council on Tuesday, testament to a community of creative and...
Planning for the Unlikely Tsunami Flood
A test alert will go out to the telephone numbers of all Laguna Beach residents at 10 a.m. next Tuesday, Sept. 24, from the...
Pearson to Seek a Delay in Entrance Project
As the outcry over the proposed village entrance gains momentum, including a nascent ballot initiative to limit its scope and fundraising by advocates of...
‘Doc’ Blacketer, Artist-Craftsman, Dies at 96
By Belinda Blacketer, Special to the Independent
Francis LeRoy "Doc" Blacketer, an artist with ties to Laguna Beach’s early settlers, died in Atwater, Calif., on...
Discovering Heisler’s Not so Hidden Treasures
Arts Commission members will lead walking tours of the public art in Heisler Park on Friday, Sept. 20, between 4 and 5:30 p.m.
Leaving every...
Street Beat 9/20/13
Pedestrian Injured in Collision
A 56-year-old visitor was injured when struck in a crosswalk by a vehicle turning at Cress Street onto Coast Highway about...
Coast Highway Blocked by Downed Pole
Coast Highway near the Laguna Art Museum was reopened late Tuesday afternoon after authorities removed a light standard knocked into the roadway, police said.
A...
Pedestrian Injured in Laguna Collision
A 56-year-old visitor was injured when struck in a Laguna Beach crosswalk by a vehicle turning at Cress Street onto Coast Highway about 1:10...
Museum Open House Fills Galleries
Membership in the Laguna Art Museum rose by 13 percent in the last year and the museum for the first time held two art...
Spending by Tourists Stronger This Summer
With few exceptions this summer, diners daily filled the booths overlooking Coast Highway from Nick’s Laguna Beach restaurant, front row seats to the hustle...
Musings on the Coast: A Kayak Meditation
This summer I really got into kayaking. Scratch that, I always have loved kayaking, but this summer I got into it as a balm. ...
Sculptures Rejected for Lifeguard HQ
Both finalists in a $60,000 sculpture commission to embellish Laguna Beach’s lifeguard headquarters came away empty-handed when the city’s Art Commission unanimously rejected their...
Repairing a Lifeline to a Historic Laguna Enclave
Trash day proves much more of a chore than it used to be for Deborah Young and her neighbors in an unusual Laguna Canyon...
Taking Customer Service Up an Octave
Carras Paton, 28, a longtime customer of A & D Music, sought out the Laguna Hills shop owner Rebecca Apodaca recently to discuss his...
Laguna Hires Strategic School Administrators
With emphasis on new learning standards and student discipline, three new school administrators, an assistant superintendent, the director of human resources and an assistant...