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By Barbara McMurray, Special to the Independent When the pandemic hit and closed city parks and beaches, Carl Brown’s outdoor yoga classes were forced to...

A routine midnight check of a public park led police to recover two assault rifles stolen days earlier in Fountain Valley and arrest a...

The South Coast Water District board hired six-month interim general manager Betty Burnett for the permanent post, succeeding Mike Dunbar, who retired after 25...

The California Coastal Commission narrowly approved Surf and Sand Resort’s proposed disability access improvements and aesthetic upgrades, plus after-the-fact approval of a 2001 addition...

On a day dominated by Breaker runners, both Laguna Beach High cross country teams won Orange Coast League titles Wednesday, Oct. 30, at Irvine...

By Justin Swanson | LB Indy   Last year’s American League Rookie of the Year and pride of the Angels baseball team, the sensational outfielder Mike...

The Laguna Beach City Council green-lighted city staffers Tuesday to draw up designs for converting a stretch of Ocean Avenue from Beach Street to South Coast Highway into a one-way street to improve traffic flow and create 10 new parking spaces.

WINTER SPORTS UPDATE WRESTLING (3-2- 2nd Place Sunset Wave League) Laguna had eight wrestlers score in the Sunset League Championships held at Edison on Feb. 3...

Editor, Regarding the Independent's article (From Troubled Parcel, Emerges New Open Space) on the City's alleged purchase of Mr. Song's property at 1199 Lewellyn Drive, please...

Over 20K; What’s Next Two events: Dow 20,000; President Trump. The first had been anticipated for over a year; the second was a surprise. There...

Tuesday, Dec. 5 Robbery. 1100 block of S. Coast Hwy. 2 a.m. A man who left a bar inebriated suffered a shoulder injury after being...

The Laguna Beach City Council reviewed long-awaited amendments to its accessory dwelling unit ordinance Tuesday, March 6, but put off making a decision. It could be months before the Council moves forward with considering revisions to the law again.

Crowding the beaches with camera equipment and A-list actors, film maker Oliver Stone brought the set of his new film “Savages” to Laguna Beach...

Parenting in the Digital Age   Parents are invited to a talk about understanding the issues, fears, and challenges of the Internet at 10 a.m. Tuesday,...

Local Teen to Sing With Stars Tessa Mansour, a cast member of the Laguna Beach High School musical “Bye Bye Birdie,” will also perform alongside...