Open-Space Star Steps into the Spotlight
“50 Years of Preservation,”a documentary which chronicles the history of the Laguna Greenbeltand reveals the conflicts that influenced Laguna Beach,will premier at 6:30 p.m....
Foundation Hosts Lecturer, Lecture
Laguna Ocean Foundation will host the talk “Rocky Intertidal Ecology and Effects of Urbanization” presented by Dr. Jayson Smith at Laguna Art Museum on...
Historic Venue Hosts Rock Concert
By Donna Furey, Special to the Independent
For the first time in nearly a decade, a rock show plugs in at the Festival of Arts’...
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...
Benefits Broker Must Fight for Bids
Laguna Beach’s City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to temporarily renew a contract with the city's current medical benefits broker, bowing partly to earlier protests...
Updated: Teens Suspected of Smoking Heroin
Police arrested two Laguna Beach High School teens for suspicion of felony narcotics possession after school officials allegedly caught them smoking heroin in a...
Water District Forecasts New Rates
South Coast Water District expects to reset its water rates by July 1 and begins a series of public workshops beginning Monday, Nov. 23,...
Gift Adds to Pageant History
Four images by Modernist photographer Paul Outerbridge related to the Festival of Arts’ early years add another sliver of history to the Festival’s permanent...
Street Beat 12/21/12
Monday, Dec. 10
Vandalism. 9:06 a.m. 3200 block of Alta Laguna Blvd. Near the reservoir and a bench, someone stenciled “please respect the silence.”
Burglary. 9:22...
No Juice for Youth, Council Says
Grappling with who’s ultimately responsible, Laguna Beach's City Council unanimously agreed Tuesday to proceed with a social host ordinance that would make it illegal...
Elephant Herd on the March
A little pachyderm ambassador in residence at Laguna Beach’s Art-A-Fair until Sept. 1 is about the size of a six-months-old Asian elephant, but this...
Mayor’s Cancer Is in Remission
"I am in remission," Mayor Kelly Boyd proclaimed Tuesday, receiving rousing applause from the crowd of 60 present at the City Council meeting.
A very...
Alleged Robbery Subsides to Stripper’s Cancellation Fee
A man displeased by a hired stripper reported a Christmas Eve robbery by her bodyguard, but ultimately declined to press charges, according to police.
Police...
Resolve to Explore Your Habitat
Jan. 3:
Explore Plants on Trail to Barbara’s Lake. 9-11:30 a.m. Laguna Coast Wlderness Park, $2/per serson, parking $3.
Wild Tales - Story telling in...