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The city’s matching-fund grant application to help defray operating costs at the homeless shelter in Laguna Canyon was rejected by the county because the...

Andrew Chesteen, from Winona, Miss., population 5,000, stood on the beach at Anita Street, in Hawaii-like weather, and watched his high school principal awkwardly...

The city’s long-awaited plan to build a $5-million lifeguard headquarters at Main Beach finally got a preliminary go-ahead from the California Coastal Commission after...

Tree trimmers that removed a dead palm in North Laguna last week found an infestation by the destructive red palm weevil, the first time...

Laguna Beach’s downhill skateboarding junior world champion Evren Ozan, as well as adults Chad Gibbs and Vicki High, took on the task of teaching...

Laguna draws giving people into its orbit, often pulled by a powerful sense of community fueled by people of a similar bent. Rising fashion designer...

Celebrity likenesses add cache as wall adornments in dining establishments such as New York’s Sardi’s or one of the locations of The Palm restaurant. But...

  As local art festivals ended their hectic summer season this week, most exhibitors took delight in their shrunken inventory, a measure of success selling...

Three years ago, Cathleen Falsani and Maurice Possley traveled to Africa thanks to a ticket won in a raffle, returning home to Chicago transformed...

“Fifteen minutes after being in here every night, I have an overwhelming urge to run down the street screaming. I feel like they’ve accidentally...

Changes are afoot at Five Feet, French 75 and Sorrento Grille, three long-established Laguna Beach dining spots, due to two key ingredients: recession-trimmed tabs...

Over a cup of coffee in Heisler Park last week, Charles “Cowboy” Conwell plucked a “holy” card from his wallet and presented it to...

2009 was a year of firsts for Laguna. First off, the town almost lost the hospital where, for 50 years, many of its native...

An anonymous animal lover stopped on Christmas Eve at Laguna Beach’s Pacific Marine Mammal Center and stuffed a pile of bills eventually amounting to...

Three nonprofits coordinate efforts to offer overnight services Laguna Beach this week contracted with three nonprofit organizations to operate a temporary overnight shelter for 50...