Lawyer on Familiar Turf Helps Resolves View Disputes
Where others see irreconcilable differences, Laguna Beach resident and attorney Larry Nokes sees an opportunity to reconcile.
Nokes defies the portrayals of litigators in courtroom...
Formal Review Begins for New View Rules
After months of hearings, a draft of proposed new rules to resolve view disputes – a process raising fractious questions over community aesthetics as...
Drowning in Sand?
Regulars at south Laguna beaches are noticing what they’re calling a relatively new phenomenon, believed to be borne of urban encroachment: a slow build-up...
Street Beat 8/2/13
DUI Checkpoint Nets Two
Two people were arrested for suspicion of drunk driving at a Laguna Beach police checkpoint on Friday, July 26, set up...
U.S. Surfing Open Marred by Melee
A wave of violence erupted in Surf City USA after the conclusion of the U.S. Open of Surfing on Sunday in Huntington Beach.
Local police...
Community Datebook 8/2/13
Click Chicks Wins WeddingWire Award
The online wedding marketplace WeddingWire selected Click Chicks Photography, owned by Laguna Beach resident Leslie Cunningham, to receive their bride’s...
Albert Butler
Albert “Monte” Butler, 59, of Mapleton, Iowa, passed away April 20 due to injuries sustained in an automobile accident.
Born March 8, 1954, in Onawa,...
Randolph Hargrave
Randolph Leonard Hargrave, 72, passed away Saturday, July 27, 2013, at home in Laguna Beach among family and with his dog on his lap....
Resort Offers a Sparkling Perk
Lugano Diamonds opened a salon in partnership with the Montage resort to create a special deal for brides-to-be.
The “Something Borrowed” program allows brides who...
Boyd Weds Same-Sex Couple
Laguna Beach’s Mayor Kelly Boyd, who took wedding vows himself three times, for the first time served as a wedding officiate, presiding over a...
Views from a Different Lens
By Christine Carpenter, Special to the Independent
Selling their work alongside 125 professional artists at this summer’s Art-A-Fair festival are two Orange County students, awarded...
Where the Boys Are
Old School Barbershop Provides Cuts and Camaraderie
Tyler Berryhill confesses to cheating on his regular barber while ensconced in a vintage chair at The Den,...
After a Crisis Season, Center’s Patients Exit
Rehabilitated California sea lions Grace and Evanora will be released back into the wild this weekend by the Pacific Marine Mammal Center, whose staff...
Environmental Doubts Surface Over Entrance
Critics continue to air objections to a plan approved by elected officials in June to develop a $42 million village entrance park and parking...
Canyon Crash Spurs Undergrounding Advocates
Springing into action after an unexpected power outage last weekend, a Pacific Marine Mammal Center board member managed to get a generator operating to...