Good Will of Children Sparks Generosity in Others
With the post-holiday merchandise from Madison Square & Garden Café as its inventory, local boys will hold a one-day yard sale at Legion Hall...
Gearing Up for World AIDS Day
Laguna Beach’s downtown trees will be adorned with card enscribed with the name of one of the 500 local residents claimed by HIV/AIDS since...
Chinese Restaurant Receives Mixed Reviews
Significant uproar over a new proposed restaurant at 680 S. Coast Highway, ..., caused the Planning Commission... to put off consideration of the project
Nature Works Its Magic on At-Risk Kids
By Carol Carlson, Special to the Independent
What did Orange County look like before the arrival of the plow, the cow and the bulldozer? Most...
Golf Resumes at Aliso Creek
After a two-month storm-caused closure, the 83-acre Aliso Creek Golf Course will reopen this Sunday, Feb. 20, donating golf proceeds that day to the...
‘Woods’ Rewards Actors and Audience Equally
There’s still time to catch the Laguna Beach High School drama program’s production of Steven Sondheim’s Tony Award-winning “Into the Woods,” which continues through...
Mozambique Reopens After a License Suspension
The owner of Mozambique restaurant continues to push for a change of his license, which was suspended for five days in the last week over dancing and noise, both license condition violations.
Personnel file
Clinic Honors Church, Neely for their Support
At a recent brunch at the home of Mary Kate and Kirk Saunders, the Laguna Beach Community Clinic...
Opinion: Give the Gift of Good Food
By Jonathan Anzaldi
Food brings us together to unify, conversate, enjoy and create memories with one another. For me personally, cooking has always been a...
Expert’s Fixes Run into Back-to-Reality Obstacles
If Laguna Beach had taken expert advice nearly 40 years ago, turned aside for lack of community consensus, there would be no flood damage...
Gallery: Grapes for Grads toasts to local student success
The 17th annual Grapes for Grads, hosted by the Rotary Club of Laguna Beach this past Sunday, April 27, at the Festival of Arts...
Cell Tower Expansion Opposed
Editor,
Verizon Wireless has pulled 18 permits for variances to extend the height on preselected California Edison controlled street lamps throughout Laguna Beach. Their intent...
Green Light
A Robust Recovery
As Lagunans await implementation of the Marine Life Protection Act along our coast, an exciting announcement went out two months ago from...
A Final Cast for Marine Protection Plans
Controversial plans for creating new marine protected areas along the Southern California coast are nearing a conclusion, and will impact Laguna Beach residents, tourists,...
Eavesdrops
Smart Aleck
Your great grandfather told about a woman,
Who, when he was a child,
Thought that after her house had been converted to electricity,
Every outlet had...