Ideas for Your Valentine, Some Sugar Free
Join in a Pete Seeger Songfest
All are welcome to honor folk legend Pete Seeger by joining composer/guitarist and collaborator Jim Scott in singing his...
Children Injured in Drunk Mother’s Pile-up
Two young children were treated for minor injuries and taken to Orangewood Children’s Home after their mother was arrested following a collision last Saturday,...
Meet Comes of Age, Starts a New Chapter
Laguna Beach High’s Eric Hulst Track and Geyer Field came alive last Saturday, as thousands of spectators, coaches and athletes ushered in a new...
Dynamic Duo ‘on Board’ for More Collaboration
Laguna Beach glass blowing artist Gavin Heath, front, straddles “Tidepool Paddleboard,” the bench he created with local metal sculptor Larry Gill, at the dedication...
Laguna Canyon Artist Housing Survives Appeal
The Laguna Beach City Council denied an appeal of a 28-unit artist live/work project planned for Laguna Canyon and allowed it to move forward on Tuesday, arguing the Planning Commission properly concluded that the project’s permits didn’t expire as its opponents claim.
New Top Executive at Hotel Laguna
Nearly a year after the death of Claes Andersen, the chef-proprietor and wine aficionado who restored the historic Hotel Laguna, Heinz U. Hofmann was...
At the Susi Q, Spirits Rise, Falls Diminish
Due to its popularity, the fall prevention class that began as a weekly session at the Susi Q Center three years ago, now is...
Pitchers Melt In Riverside; Breakers Routed 12-2
Baseball (26-3)
Laguna’s storied 75th season ended in the heat at La Sierra High School as the Breakers struggled early against the Eagles (18-10) on...
A Miracle in Mystic Hills
'The Castle’ withstands a firestorm
By Loreen Berlin, Special to the Independent
Twenty years ago, Laguna Beach homeowner Lona Ingwerson lived in a Mystic Hills home...
Where Activism and Art Converge
A black and white photograph focuses on a mother reading to her son. The caption under the image by photojournalist and author James Lerager...
Ban Reversed on New Pools
The 54 homeowners whose plans to build a pool or spa in Laguna Beach were put on hold by a 45-day moratorium can breath...
It’s No Mystery, Volunteers Keep the Pageant Going
By Loreen Berlin, Special to the Independent
The annual Pageant of the Masters production lures its audience from great distances, but its volunteer cast members...
Local Brokerage Celebrates, Hosts Seminar
JKR and Co. Inc., a financial brokerage in its 30th year, will be hosting a municipal and corporate bonds seminar Thursday, Sept. 27 from 6:30 –...
Owner Readies to Reopen
Eva Madray, owner of Eva’s Caribbean Kitchen, was awakened by a call from the police at about 4:30 a.m. last Friday, after an alarm...
Foreign Seaweed Invading Tidepools
Experts say it came over to North America from Japan 10 years ago, clinging to the hulls of freighters.
Sargassum horneri, the invasive seaweed, then...