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A new study verifies that 6.3 million people visited Laguna Beach last year, and most of them are locals.

A welcome swell with waves of as much as 10 feet provided the engine for the 54th running of the annual Brooks Street Surfing...

The technical report on the estimated 1.87 million gallon spill caused by a breach of the so-called North Coast Interceptor, a 4.1-mile transmission pipeline that channels raw sewage to the Coastal Treatment Plant, is the city’s official account of what happened last Thanksgiving and the following days.

The mission to restore the Aliso Creek estuary, spearheaded by Laguna Ocean Foundation two years ago, received a second gift from the California Coastal Conservancy this holiday season, a $400,000 grant to implement the plan’s next phase.

Responsibility for the deteriorating condition of Hotel Laguna and its abrupt closure last month lies with the Central Valley farm family that has owned the property since the ’70s, according to the hotel’s longtime former lessee, Georgia Andersen.

Investor Group Recently Claims Control of Laguna Beach Company's Assets over ongoing business dispute According to recent reports, at least some of Laguna Beach Company's...

By Daniel Langhorne, Special to the Independent A shade structure proposed for the Village Entrance resembles undulating mushrooms with white stalks and rainbow-colored caps that...

By Daniel Langhorne, Special to the Independent A 34-year-old Laguna Beach man who prosecutors allege killed his mother pleaded not guilty Friday to a murder...

Edward Younghoon Shin, 41, of Irvine, was convicted on Friday, Dec. 7, of murdering 33-year-old Christopher Smith, of Laguna Beach, on June 4, 2010.

                      And division winners, according to the Vic website: Pro men’s division Tim Fulton Austin Keen Blair Conklin Max Bourne Sammy Stinnett Teddy Vlasis Johnny Salta Perry Pruitt                               Pro women’s division Keiao Gucwa-Bucasas Casey Kiernan Alexandra Badie Pipa Pinto Silvia...

The Laguna Beach Unified School District Board of Trustees reorganized at its Tuesday, Dec. 17, meeting, with members electing Peggy Wolff as president and Carol Normandin as clerk.

By Daniel Langhorne, Special to the Independent The Festival of Arts is once again eyeing two tennis courts for future expansion, a proposal that has...

By Donna Furey | LB Indy Word of longtime Laguna local Toni Leech’s passing on Monday spread quickly across the city this week. She and her...

Laguna Beach will pursue purchasing a nearly 6,300-square-foot parcel of land underneath the Laguna Beach Library from the County of Orange.

The Laguna Beach Planning Commission on Wednesday sent the developer of the proposed 118-room Museum Hotel back to the drawing board, saying the project should meet all requirements of the General Plan.