Fire Threats Rise With Predicted Hi Temps
By Fire Chief Sam DiGiovanna, Special to the Independent
With temperatures expected to rise drastically today, tomorrow and into the weekend, individuals and families should...
TOW Staffer Receives Spirit Award
During a breakfast to welcome returning staff to the new school year, Top of the World staff member, Margaret Warder, was presented the fifth...
Test Scores Show Increase
Scores on the California Standards Test showed an increase in the percentage of Laguna Beach students reaching proficient and advanced levels in every core...
After-School Program Up and Running
The Boys & Girls Club’s after-school program includes a variety of educational activities for children in grades K-12.
The Education and Technology Department provides academic...
Forums Put Candidates on the Run ‘til November
The political campaign season is upon Laguna Beach. A veritable slew of forums, candidate discussions, and events are scheduled over the next eight weeks.
The Laguna...
Squatters Take a New Tack
Someone perhaps envious of an ocean view deposited a couch, coffee table and rug on an undeveloped lot in the 3300 block of Alta...
Honoring Patriots
About 60 people, including a significant contingent of Laguna Beach fire fighters and police officers, attended an hour-long ceremony today at Legion Hall marking...
Swooping in to Aid Ground Personnel
Emergency personnel in Laguna Beach turned to helicopter medical evacuations more than once over the Labor Day weekend, rescuing injured swimmers in South Laguna...
Street Beat 9/7
Monday, Aug. 27
Grand theft. 400 Poplar St. 9 a.m. Someone took $2,500 worth of tools in July from a garage.
Grand theft. 100 block of...
Former MTV Star Arrested
Laguna Beach native Talan C. Torriero, 25, who was featured in the first season of MTV’s reality show “Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County,”...
The Charlotte Report
By Madeline Knutson, Special to the Independent
The second night of the Democratic National Convention was filled with inspiring speakers on various topics of discussion....
Cycling Leaders to Share Two-Wheeled News
Transition Laguna Beach is hosting Mobility South Orange County, a free event Thursday, Sept. 13, from 7-9 p.m. at Neighborhood Congregational Church’s Bridge Hall.
Scheduled...
Smitten by a Passion for Politics
By Madeline Knutson, Special to the Independent
Tonight I attended the first night of the Democratic National Convention, which definitely did not disappoint! I heard...
Rescuers Rely on Air Assists
Emergency personnel in Laguna Beach turned to helicopter medical evacuations more than once over the Labor Day weekend, rescuing injured swimmers in South Laguna...