Unclear End to ‘Epic’ Rescue
UPDATE
By Ben Bodart, Special to the Independent
Rescuers accomplished something of a marine miracle offshore Laguna Beach last weekend, but apparently their efforts ultimately were...
New Work-Live Rules Drafted
After more than a year revising land use rules to smooth the path for development of affordable work-live spaces for artists, the Planning Commission...
Turning Over an Edible Leaf
By Ben Bodart, Special to the Independent
Thanks to Transition Laguna volunteers, the Neighborhood Congregational Church will soon be able to grow the organic vegetables...
Musings on the Coast
The Reawakening
Laguna Beach used to be a gay Mecca. We had our own goodly district of gay bars, restaurants and clubs. Then time and...
Carving Up a Slice of Laguna
Sid Fanarof believes Zpizza’s franchise success was baked into its origin in Laguna Beach, catering for 26 years to a clientele of artists, leftover...
Delay for Emerald Bay’s Traffic Signal
Despite the Emerald Bay Community Association’s financial support for a $2.7 million Coast Highway traffic signal near the gated main entry, Laguna Beach’s City...
A Welcome Heat Revives Eva’s Kitchen
By Ben Bodart, Special to the Independent
They did in three weeks what was supposed to be done in six months.
After a fire in the...
Unfurling the Garden for Guests
The Hortense Miller Garden holds its annual open house Saturday, March 24, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., with shuttle bus service from the...
Laguna’s Mayor Takes Same-Sex Marriage Vow
Laguna Beach’s Mayor Jane Egly is the first in the county to sign a marriage equality pledge embraced by 175 other mayors nationwide as...
Foretelling Acts of Nature
City starts installation of flood-warning devices
With five major floods over the last 40 years storming through the alluvial Laguna Canyon into downtown Laguna Beach,...
A New District on the Rise?
What do an optician, a wine merchant/restaurateur and a consignment boutique owner have in common? All are banking on a nascent business district emerging...
Firefighters Halt Blaze in Condo Complex
An apparently accidental fire in the kitchen of an Ocean Vista Drive condo caused $500,000 in damage before being contained by Laguna Beach firefighters...
Moonlighting Cop Charged in Hotel Theft
A Los Angeles Police Department officer moonlighting as a security guard at Laguna Beach’s Surf & Sand Resort pleaded not guilty to a felony...
Steve Young Seeks Election to State Senate
"Politicians created this mess; only leaders will clean it up,” said Steve Young, a civil justice attorney and Newport Beach resident announcing his last-moment...
Vandals Deface Laguna’s Memorial to 9/11
Artist Jorg Dubin visits “Semper Memento,” Laguna Beach’s memorial to victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, every two or three weeks to...