Workshop on City Land Use Slated
The Planning Commission will host a Land Use Element workshop on Wednesday, April 18, at 6:30 p.m. in the City Council Chambers, 505 Forest...
Finder Isn’t Tempted by Abandoned Treasure
A Good Samaritan turned in a wallet containing $10,000 in cash to Laguna Beach lifeguards last weekend and its grateful owner would like to...
Samaritans Aid Beating Victim
A man on probation for a previous assault conviction was arrested in Tustin for suspicion of kidnapping and felony domestic violence after Laguna Beach...
A First Ribbon Cutting in 2012
Last week, the Laguna Beach Chamber of Commerce presided over the year’s first ribbon cutting, taking place at the Floating Cloud Gallery, 1999 S....
Earth Day Events
A Challenge to Clean the Entire City
BlueWater-Greenearth challenges local residents to step up and do something “out of this world” on Earth Day, Saturday,...
Club Dates
Club Meets Democratic Candidates
Candidates for local state office will visit the Laguna Beach Democratic Club for its candidates night Wednesday, April 11, at 7 p.m....
Community Datebook
Dicterow Starts Campaigning for Office
Steve Dicterow will officially start his campaign for Laguna Beach’s city council on April 15 at 3 p.m., at Seven...
Newsmakers
Bureau Staffer Receives Leadership Award
Ashley Johnson, marketing director of the Laguna Beach Visitors & Conference Bureau, has been selected as “one of the 30...
Kicker: Spiritual Topics
Healing with Religion
Mark Swinney, 25-year practitioner and teacher of Christian Science healing, will present a talk titled, “Eternal Life” on Sunday, April 15, at...
Spring Dance Festival Opens with Leaps and Bounds
Bevies of dancers that defy gravity with impossible reaches and soaring leaps provide proof of spring’s arrival in Laguna Beach. Beginning next Thursday, their...
Honoring Their Best and Brightest
Exhibitor Jorg Dubin found himself unceremoniously ejected from Laguna Beach’s Festival of Arts in 1989 for a rules infraction over hosting an overly raucous...
Stephen Esslinger
Laguna Terrace Owner Stephen Esslinger Dies
Stephen W. Esslinger, best known locally as the owner of the Laguna Terrace Mobile Home Park developed by his...
Bald Eagles Hatching on Catalina
By Nancee Wells, Special to the Independent
Once again, the Channel Islands bald eagle chicks are hatching and doing so without human assistance.
Today, bald eagles...
Homeless Man Sues City for Discrimination
A homeless man and self-taught lawyer last Friday filed a federal lawsuit on his own behalf against the city of Laguna Beach and two...
Dream House Comes Closer to Reality
What started as a castle in the air for parents of developmentally disabled young adults in Laguna Beach may soon become a dream house...