Call for Design Review Board Members
The City Council is accepting applications for the Board of Adjustment/Design Review Board and will be interviewing candidates on Tuesday, Oct. 16 at 6...
Newly Minted Eagle Scouts
Trenton Caserio, Cole Kesler, Michael Kimball and his cousin Mitchell Kimball, Cristian Menes, James Micheli, Noah and brother Wesley Olsen have joined the ranks...
Crystal Cove Alliance Hosts Gala
About 450 guests attended Crystal Cove Alliance’s 10th annual gala Saturday, Sept. 22 on the bluff top overlooking Crystal Cove, which proved unforgettable and...
Cabaret Nets Record for Marine Mammals
Pacific Marine Mammal Center raised over $140,000 and netted $128,000 at its Saturday, Sept. 30 Cabaret fundraiser at Aliso Creek Inn. The event, which...
Laguna Playhouse Hosts Sold-out Crowd
Laguna Playhouse lured a sell-out crowd to the gala opening of the Tony-award winning play, “39 Steps” on Saturday, Sept. 29. Staff and board...
Symphony Opens Season
More than 250 guests joined “Festa di Firenze” and celebrated Opening Night 2012 of Orange County’s Pacific Symphony, Thursday, Sept. 20, at the Westin...
Taste of Laguna Expositioned
The Chamber of Commerce’s Taste of Laguna Expo transformed the Glenneyre Street parking structure into an al fresco food and swag fair, with participants...
Street Beat 10/5
Elderly Woman Dies as a Result of a Collision
Virginia Worthington, 80, of Laguna Beach dies on Wednesday, Sept. 26, as a result of injuries...
Two Bluebird Canyon Issues Cleared Off Slate
Two key controversial issues, a backyard sweat lodge and tagged eucalyptus trees in Laguna Beach’s Bluebird Canyon neighborhood, were finally resolved by the City...
Girls Win Their Division at Stanford
By Tomas Rodriguez, Special to the Independent
The young but talented Laguna Beach High School girls’ varsity cross country team scored a surprise win at...
MACY Awards Co-Founder Lee Childress Dies at Age 95
Lee Childress, who with her husband John co-founded the coveted Music Arts Commendation for Youth Awards known as MACYs, died on Sept. 21 at...
It Takes a Village to Combat Drug Abuse
Laguna Beach resident Judy Kelly's son Tyeson died of an accidental overdose in January 2006, a deadly combination of heroin and alcohol. A voice...
Vertical Farm Harvests Its First Crop
Working from sun-up to sundown all summer, soaking his t-shirt to a steamy rag by 10 a.m. and happily baring his tanned and slightly...
Teen Drinking, Pot Use Still Troublesome
Fewer seventh- and ninth-grade students in Laguna Beach schools reported drinking alcohol and smoking marijuana in 2012 than two years ago, but the number...
Still Enthused About His Mission
By D.J. Monsma, Special to the Independent
Rev. Jerry Tankersley could never have imagined that he’d spend most of his adult life as the pastor...