Band’s Members Play for Keeps
In the way that pop songs have a “hook” that keeps listeners humming, the Laguna Concert Band attracts musicians and keeps them playing for...
Opposition Leader Turns to Libya’s Future
This week, Laguna Beach’s A. Omar Turbi learned a U.S. Navy hospital ship will shift its heading towards Malta, an island state in the...
Court Sanctions Rockledge Development
After two years of discord between beach-front neighbors, Mark Towfiq says he sleeps better at night now, knowing that the rumble of bulldozers can...
Jeanie Bernstein, a Practioner of Protest, Dies at 88
Friends of Jeanie Bernstein, considered the "mother" of the peace movement in Orange County for organizing a decades-long peace vigil at Laguna’s Main Beach,...
Three People Arrested in Irvine Cove Robbery
Three people described by police as having ties to white supremacists were taken into custody for allegedly staging a robbery of a couple in...
Libraries Make Hard Choices in a Digital World
Laguna Beach parent Amy Jackson, whose youngest child of four is a high school sophomore, expressed dismay after visiting the remodeled Top of the...
Pension Payments Receive Tax Exemption
Laguna Beach's firefighters will for the first time pay out of their own pocket for a portion of monthly pension contributions, but their share...
Even Pilots Covet a ‘Blues’ Thrill Ride
Laguna resident Craig R. Miller spent part of last weekend strapped into a Navy fighter jet, zooming inverted for 60 seconds just 200 feet...
Birds Fall Prey to Tree Removal
With Southern California Edison footing the bill, the City Council agreed Tuesday to the removal of five eucalyptus trees in Bluebird Canyon despite pleas...
Vacant Cottage Will Get Bulldozed
Reversing a city board’s approval to preserve a long-abandoned cottage in South Laguna, the City Council sided with the property owner, South Coast Water...
Police Make Prostitution Arrest
Acting on an informants’ tip, police arrested Christal Ann Sara Schrader, 29, of Garden Grove, for suspicion of using a Laguna Beach hotel room...
Police Make Prostitution Arrest
Acting on an informants’ tip, police arrested Christal Ann Sara Schrader, 29, of Garden Grove, for suspicion of using a Laguna Beach hotel room...
Trek to Nepal Detours to an Orphans’ Home
By Barbara McMurray, Special to the Independent
Laguna Beach resident Christine Casey and her nonprofit home for orphaned Nepalese children, Chhahari (“shelter” in Nepali), received...
A Lobster Hunt Unlike Most
By Ted Reckas, Special to the Independent
Three weeks before the sanctioned start of the local lobster-hunting season, Rodger Healy motored out of Dana Point...
Into Plein Air
Robert Watts, of El Cajon, left, shares a laugh with one of the many who came watch works emerge in under an hour at...