A Precautionary Tale: Battling Fire With Readiness
By Justin Swanson, Special to the Independent
Heading into the weekend, and as of Thursday afternoon, there are 27,165 acres that have either been burnt...
Indy on Arts
Friday, Jan. 1
Nick I & ADD, 9 p.m., Mozambique, 1740 S. Coast Hwy, 949 715-7777. $10.
Adam Lasher, 6 p.m., Cliff Restaurant, 577 S. Coast...
Monkeying Grounds Approved
The City Council approved a $225,000 contract for new Main Beach playground equipment featuring a play tower resembling the historic Main Beach lifeguard tower...
Indy on Arts
Friday, May 22
Jason Harnell jazz Trio, 6:30 p.m., Sunset Serenade in Heisler Park Amphitheater. Free.
Nick I & ADD, 9 p.m., Mozambique, 1740 S. Coast...
Street Beat 6/7/13
Thief Steals Drugs in Robbery
A man armed with a gun robbed a pharmacy customer of prescription drugs in a parking lot about 3:30 p.m....
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...
Helping Veterans Celebrate the Season
Local America Legion Post 222 and its auxiliary donated and delivered personal items to patients of Long Beach Veterans Hospital, mailed care packages to...
Rescue Mission Seeks Aid for Children
The Orange County Rescue Mission, currently housing more than 55 infants and small children under 10, is asking the community to drop off urgently...
Out of the Hangar
Three new dining options opened at John Wayne Airport this week: Ruby's Diner, Ruby's To Go and Farmer's Market by Laguna Culinary Institute. All...
Margie Marie Erick
Margie Marie Erick, a 20-year resident of Laguna Beach, passed away on Sept. 29, 2015, of natural causes in Yucca Valley. She was 89.
Margie...
Investigators to Revisit Scene of Double Fatality
Accident investigators expect to return to the scene of a double fatality in Laguna Beach and will temporarily close Laguna Canyon Road between El...
Visit Laguna Beach names Joanna Bear as new board chair
Visit Laguna Beach has named Joanna Bear, General Manager at Surf & Sand Resort, as its board chair, effective immediately.
In this role, Bear, a...
Friends of Architecture Tour Sites in Long Beach
The public is invited for a a tour and presentation by architectural historian Ted Wells, featuring a Craftsman home by architects Greene & Greene,...
Pizzeria to Restore Historic Former Bank
Residents craving a Brooklyn-style pizza will soon be able to save their airplane miles and instead head over to Dom DeMarco's Pizzeria and Bar,...
New Leader at School Board’s Helm
Jan Vickers, a school board member for 23 years and a former teacher, replaces Bill Landsiedel as president of the Laguna Beach Unified School...