Karger Returns to Campaigning
After two west coast fundraisers, Laguna Beach resident and Republican presidential candidate Fred Karger returns to the campaign trail.
Karger’s 12-day trip that will take...
Hunters Summoned to Target Coyotes
Animal control officers and Laguna Woods city officials are turning to professional hunters to trap and shoot coyotes that ever more boldly have seized...
Ex-Angel Settles Insider Trading Charges
Former Angels baseball player Doug DeCinces and three others were charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission with insider trading Thursday, Aug. 4, the...
Shortfalls Increase City Deficit
Due to two shortfalls in anticipated revenue, the city’s operating budget deficit will increase to nearly $1 million, pressing the City Council to decide...
Former Police Chief Under Fire
Former Laguna Beach police chief Michael Sellers is under fire for his failure to discuss how a homeless man died after a confrontation with...
Ruling Revives Call for Banning Plastic Bags
BYOB Gets New Definition
At most local grocery stores, customers who bring in their own bags are still the odd-man-out. But a decision by the...
Woman Injured in Coyote Attack
Laguna Beach animal control officers continued to patrol Laguna Woods, tracking a pair of elusive, but aggressive coyotes that knocked over a resident while...
Water Quality Unchanged After Fireworks
Ocean water sampling in Laguna Beach after the July 4 holiday, ordered as a result of regulations believed to be the first of their...
Rodin Chaser Assails LCAD’s Exhibit
Florida printmaker and art dealer Gary Arseneau continues to earn his moniker “the Rodin chaser,” this time pursuing the record-setting Rodin exhibition at the...
Woman Injured in Coyote Attack
A pair of roving coyotes, running loose in the Laguna Woods area, knocked over a resident and snatched her leashed pet Yorkie, Laguna Beach...
‘Quiet Zone’ Proves a Ticket Trap
There’s just one thing about the new no-parking-at-night signs in the “quiet zone” near Mozambique Steakhouse, installed to appease residents’ unceasing complaints about noisy...
Diver’s Widow Spotlights Killer Blackouts
Michele Brislen, widow of free diver Andrew Brislen, wants to educate people about the danger of shallow water blackout, which led to her husband’s...
Sunken Ship Raises Opportunities
A nonprofit group that has identified 10 sites to potentially establish artificial reefs off California’s coast received a preliminary go-ahead this week for the...
Heeding the Harvest, Chefs Vary What’s on the Table
The recent news that Sorrento Grille’s executive chef Ryan Adams is taking over the restaurant, to be reopened as The Common Table: Kitchen+Drink come...
Lifeguards Honor Their Own
By Mitch Ridder, Special to the Independent
The Laguna Beach Lifeguard Association celebrated the contributions of five former lifeguards at a reunion last Saturday, July...