What’s Your Nonprofit Status?
A free workshop for local nonprofits on “Tricky Tax Issues & Savvy Solutions,” sponsored by the Laguna Beach Community Foundation and the Laguna Beach...
Laguna Terrace Subdivision Thwarted
Court favors Coastal Commission review
In an attempt to avoid scrutiny by the California Coastal Commission, owners of Laguna Terrace Mobilehome Park filed a lawsuit...
From Warfare to Emerging Cultural Icon
Local artist’s work featured in inaugural OC Great Park exhibit
Jorg Dubin is best known in Laguna Beach and environs for his portrayals of hardscrabble...
Lights Out on ‘Light Trespass’
Ordinance and resuscitation possible for nearly dead cottages
The new sewer pump station at the soon-to-be remodeled Main Beach lifeguard headquarters will cost nearly twice...
Summertime is Anything But Easy for Guards
The summer season that lures sun-seekers has seen multiple overhead south swells lighting up local beaches, and lifeguards making 220 rescues last weekend, far...
Guilty Plea In Teen Stabbing
A Laguna Beach teen-ager pleaded guilty this week to stabbing a former classmate and assaulting the victim's friends last year following a dispute aired...
City Hall Calendar
Monday, July 18
Heritage Committee, 6 p.m., Council Chambers
Thursday, July 21
City Council, 6 p.m., Council Chambers
Exposing the Human Form
Posing stark naked for 120 long seconds in front of thousands of strangers can be a tribulation. Since 1936, when Margo Goddard posed as...
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...
Only the Truth Is Funny
Lola Gillebaard, the amusing muse
Lola Gillebaard came into this world weighing only a pound and a half.
Now, at 81, she weighs in as one...
New Hotspots Burnish Laguna’s Dining Reputation
When it comes to dining, the odds are improving that your preferences in food or ambiance can be found on a Laguna Beach street...
Green Light
Putting in a Plug for Laguna Beach
By Tom Osborne
I attended a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the completion of our city’s first two electric car plug-in...
Trio Wins Volleyball Championship
Three local girls competed at the annual volleyball festival in Phoenix recently and their team finished undefeated at 11-0. The event was attended by...
Body Found on Laguna’s Main Beach
Police on a routine patrol discovered the body of a homeless man who appeared to have died a few hours earlier on Main Beach...
Marine Protections to Take Effect Oct. 1
The state Fish and Game Commission voted 4-1 this week to set Oct. 1 the effective date for increased marine protections in Southern California,...