Laguna Homes Needed for Madrid Students
Arturo Valdivia, a 20-year Laguna Beach resident involved with a private language instruction service, will be leading English immersion courses for a group of...
Jessica Shusko
Jessica Shusko, co-captain of the LBHS water polo squad and a four-year varsity performer, last month signed a letter of intent to play water...
Colonial Days Is a True Community Experience
Colonial Days at El Morro Elementary School is much more than a lesson taught to children about the time of their forebears, it’s an...
School Power’s Lumberyard Chef Challenge Crowns Winner
What do you get when you take two dedicated principals, give them each a gourmet menu, have it prepared by master chef, Armando Ortega,...
Toy Robot Builders Stand Up to Rivals
Local students mixed robotics and LEGOs to bring home two top trophies from the first Orange County LEGO League Robotics Competition in Irvine this...
A Dramatic Pairing: the Bard and Charlie Brown
The public is invited to two overlapping student productions, beginning with the contemporary Broadway musical comedy, “You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown,” in performance...
Diving into an Undersea Adventure
Marine biologist Nancy Caruso and 11 students from Garden Grove’s Pacifica High School took a kelp safari aboard La Vida Laguna kayaks offshore Laguna...
At Work on a Different Court
By Cindy Obrand, Special to the Independent
Former Laguna Beach basketball standout Jesse Obrand, who recently passed the California bar exam, among just 37 percent who...
Song’s Subject Resonates Worldwide
Local singer-songwriter Dennis Lockwood hasn’t done much traveling, but a song he wrote two years ago is finding fans from Bulgaria to Saudi Arabia.
The...
College Siblings Take Up Ski School
Laguna Beach High School alumni Laure and Noah Michelon spent two weeks of their winter break from college at Mammoth Mountain teaching skiing.
They both...
A Fast Start for Lewis in 2010
By Meredith Kaplan Burns, Special to the Independent
Laguna Beach resident Michael Lewis sped into the 2010 race season with a quick time at Tucson...
Girls Water Polo Update
Breakers Hold Off San Clemente 11-8
By Frank Aronoff
Breakers remain undefeated and picked up their fourth victory of the season, overpowering San Clemente last Tuesday,...
Local Counselor Makes the Grade
The American School Counselor Association selected Jami Parsons, a counselor for El Morro and Top of the World elementary schools, as one of eight...
Rotary Student of the Month
Laguna Beach Rotary Club honored Maria Goncharova, pictured above with Spanish teacher Rod Ortiz, as student of the month in December. Goncharova is a...
Local Students Stand Out at Film Festival
Thirteen students in the Laguna Beach Unified School District recently took top honors at the fifth annual My Hero Short Film Festival. “Laguna Beach...