Leave It to Boys: Turning Goof Ups into Philanthropy
By Carrie Reynolds, Special to the Independent
Ten local boys ages 12 to 13, all seventh-grade classmates, this summer formed a club to raise money...
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...
Indy on Arts
Friday, July 10
Art a Fair, 10 a.m.-10 p.m. weekends, 9 p.m. Sunday-Thursday; 777 Laguna Canyon Rd. Free entry to locals.
Festival of Arts exhibit, 10...
Final Thoughts on the 74th Assembly Race
By Jean Ardell | NB Indy columnist
In the beginning I was mad at them all. As I got ready to interview Republicans Leslie Daigle...
Guards Hook a New Home
The entire Laguna Beach City Council was present to cut the ribbon last Friday on the city’s $7 million lifeguard headquarters, a more than...
Old House in Jeopardy for 100-year Pipeline
A long empty house may get demolished to make way for a private tunnel to the beach for workers to access a sewage pipeline...
Navigating Towards a Mariner’s Prize
By Benjamin Bodart,
Special to the Independent
Laguna Beach’s Liz Fletcher, 17, will soon achieve the prestigious rank of quartermaster in the Mariners Sea Scouts program....
Updated: Objections Stall Deal for Haggen Store
Closed Haggen grocery stores in Laguna Beach and Carlsbad remain in limbo this week...
Suspects Arrested in Burglary of Designer Boutique
For the second time in six months, thieves target a downtown Laguna Beach designer jeans store.
LBHS Selects Stellar Pair as Athletes of Year
Derek Reigel and Marina Paul, two Laguna Beach High School students, were honored as athletes of the year this past Wednesday at the sixth...
Indy on arts
Friday, Dec. 5
Hospitality Night, 5-9 p.m.; concerts, carols, tree-lighting, Santa’s arrival and open house by merchants. Downtown on Forest Avenue.
Monkey Finger, 7 p.m., Cliff...
Facelift Underway for Local Landmark
Chef Rainer Schwarz recently revamped the menu of Laguna Beach’s Deck restaurant with sophisticated seasonal entrees. Soon his sous chefs will turn out the...
Friendly Audience Cheers ‘Greeter’ Film
By George Gore Browne, Special to the Independent
As guests arrived on the red carpet for the debut of the independent “Greeter Documentary,” they had...
Ex-Laguna Man Missing in Ventura
By Kellie Hall, Special to the Independent
A search is currently underway in the Los Padres National Forest for Mike Herdman, a 36-year-old off-duty Arcadia...
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...