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  With a few well-drawn lines, Charles Schultz’s created the comic strip “Peanuts,” a world inhabited by Charlie Brown and Snoopy and his neighborhood friends,...

Laguna Beach Mayor Bob Whalen conducted the oath of office at the Installation Breakfast held at the Surf and Sand Resort on Dec. 1st...

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...

After Dec. 8, an elected official other than Bob Whalen will occupy the mayor’s chair during Laguna Beach City Council meetings and represent the...

Pantry Hires a Director   The Laguna Food Pantry named local Justin Myers as its part-time director. Myers, who runs an event planning and catering company, also...

After a 27-year hiatus, David Skarman is embarking on what he calls “an all out paddle battle,” having devoted every spare hour for months to train for the grueling and danger-filled endurance test that pushes off at dawn from the Catalina Island isthmus in two weeks.

Laguna Beach resident Lucy Mercer began her professional culinary journey years ago in Warsaw, Ind., when a friend opened a restaurant and asked her...

Local residents Sabrina and Michael McMurray, blind-sided by a sudden tragedy, have experienced an outpouring of community goodwill and empathy in the form of...

High-end supermarket chain Gelson’s Markets won bankruptcy court approval to buy two more former Haggen properties in Laguna Beach and Carlsbad, Gelson’s President and...

The Coast Film & Music Festival is back for another year, not only serving up a wide variety of outdoor-inspired film screenings but also...

A majority of the City Council endorsed the concept of resident-only parking restrictions near Mozambique Steakhouse to pacify neighbors’ long-running noise complaints about late-night...

The gunman who barricaded himself in a car and prompted an hours-long shutdown of Coast Highway in Laguna Beach last week, was upset about...

By Sara Vandegrift, Special to the Independent   With gun control a subject of renewed national debate, sometimes irony is the best way to take on...

  Crowds lined up on Tuesday to preview the 45th annual Sawdust Art Festival, whose visitor count reached 3,958, exceeding occupancy limits set by fire...

Laguna Beach police have arrested a 29-year-old Chino Hills man for burglary, possession of stolen property, and other drug-related charges after a traffic stop...