Making Art in Cuba Exacts a Price
Salt Fine Art’s ¡Cuba! exhibition, featuring multi-media works imbued with sly political commentary by 11 artists, opened early this month with something missing: most...
Dark Horse Candidate Stays in the Race
Laguna Beach resident Fred Karger, the first Republican contender to officially enter the 2012 presidential race, pulled in 485 votes in Tuesday’s New Hampshire...
Police Chip In On Their Own Retirement
For the first time in recent city history, police department employees will contribute to their own retirement in a new contract preliminarily approved by...
Exiled Congregants Set Own Services
Exiled former worshipers at St. Francis by the Sea will resume services Sunday, Jan. 15, at 303 Broadway St., Suite 107, at 9 a.m.,...
Children Injured in Drunk Mother’s Pile-up
Two young children were treated for minor injuries and taken to Orangewood Children’s Home after their mother was arrested following a collision last Saturday,...
Author Sprints for Literacy
Laguna Beach resident Dennis Yang, who has written over 110 children stories under the pen name Papa Didos, finished a 3,281-mile cross-country journey last...
‘Streets’ Task Force Takes a Detour
A month after the City Council appropriated $300,000 to make city streets friendlier to foot-powered users, meetings for the task force charged with initiating...
Goats Get Downsized
Most people have grown used to waking up to outside sounds of accidentally triggered car alarms, barking dogs, noisy crows, even police and fire...
Schools’ Leader Exudes Optimism for 2012
Despite dire economic news on the state and national level, Betsy Jenkins begins her 10th year on the Laguna Beach school board and her...
Acrimony Adds to Church’s Turmoil
Parishioners of Laguna Beach’s St. Francis by the Sea Cathedral bundled up Christmas Eve for a candlelight vigil outside the historic chapel, barred from...
Wrong Turn for Suspected Car Thieves
Two people who abandoned a stolen vehicle that became jammed in a pedestrian stairwell while trying to evade pursuing police were taken into custody...
Year’s Final Day Yields Gold for Non-Profits
While retailers and individuals by now have wrapped up the annual binge of gift selling and buying, leaders of some nonprofits are still anticipating...
New Year’s Revelers Face Array of Choices, New Venues
K’ya Bistro Bar, located in the La Casa del Camino hotel, will host New Year’s Eve festivities from 8 p.m. until 1 a.m. Guests...
New Ocean Protections Come Ashore
In a win for ocean conservationists, the state Fish and Game Commission earlier this month finalized marine protections for Southern California, preventing fishing or...
Mayor Jane Egly: Soft Touch with Sass
Her agenda focuses on inadequate infrastructure
The last thing the town’s new mayor, Jane Egly, wants to do is to offend anyone. The soon-to-retire law...