Festival of Arts Prospers in 2012
With Laguna Beach's Festival of Arts turning 81 next summer and revenue above projections due to the success of “The Genius,” last year’s Pageant...
Give Thanks ‘Interfaith’ Style
The Laguna Beach Interfaith Council will host their sixth annual Interfaith Thanksgiving Service at 7 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 18, at the Unitarian Universalist...
Embracing the Past and Present
“The Permanent Collection: A Fresh Look,” “ex.pose: Macha Suzuki” and “Timothy J. Clark” exhibitions that opened earlier this month evidence the Laguna Art Museum’s...
Artist’s Live-Work Project Readies for Review
The Planning Commission is scheduled next week to consider a reworked concept of Laguna Beach sculptor Louis Longi’s long-delayed artist live-work project on...
Serving Up a Slice of Italy
By Justin Swanson, Special to the Independent
Walk into the newly opened NEApolitan, a self-described pizzeria and birreria where once local favorite Café Vienna stood,...
Need a Trim? Contribute to a Tune, Too
By Justin Swanson, Special to the Independent
Furioso Salon stylist Christopher Lee McGivern recruited his four colleagues to take up their scissors for a cause...
Voters Remake Laguna’s Council
With early mail-in votes paving the way, Laguna voters ushered in two challengers Tuesday to replace the incumbents running for re-election to Laguna Beach’s...
Open Space Measure Rejected by Voters
A clear majority of Laguna Beach voters, 55.6 percent, cast ballots in opposition to open-space preservation Measure CC, the lone local initiative in contention...
Incumbents Returned to School Board
School board incumbents Jan Vickers and Bill Landsiedel retained their respective seats in Tuesday’s election, despite efforts to oust them by challengers Tammy Keces...
Republicans Prevail in Local Districts
Laguna Beach representatives in state government seats and in the U.S. Congress have changed across the board, but remained in Republican hands despite the...
Heeding Their Own Advice
Strange karma forces Jim and Mina Buck to liquidate their Happy Place store this weekend, Nov. 10-11, whose principal inventory are t-shirts emblazoned with...
Community Datebook 11/9/12
Congressman Presides Over Veterans Day Honors
Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, of the 46th Congressional District, will be the keynote speaker on Veterans Day, Sunday, Nov. 11,...
Spinning a Potter’s Wheel for Good
The Sawdust Art Festival is opening its ceramic center in advance of the annual Winter Fantasy show, hosting two groups of local high school...
Books Proprietor Named to Board
Planned Parenthood of Orange and San Bernardino Counties announced the appointment of Laguna Beach resident Jane Hanauer to its board.
Hanauer, a former teacher and...
Parade Leadership Line-up Remains Unchanged
Ed Hanke continues as president of the Laguna Beach Patriots Day Parade committee, which also elected Charlie Quilter as vice president, Kathy Hanke as...