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Editor, I was so happy to be featured in last week’s paper. However my email address was incorrectly noted. It is actually [email protected]. My phone...

An animal rights group is offering a reward of up to $2,500 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of whoever poisoned more...

After spending the last 25 years painting all over the country, plein air painter Gavin Brooks moved to Laguna Beach earlier this year from...

The fourth annual Spirit of LBUSD Award was presented to El Morro Elementary’s second-grader teacher Marilyn Beauchemin during a welcome back breakfast this week. The...

From a graphic design studio tucked into an industrial building on Laguna Canyon Road comes an unlikely pair of art entrepreneurs, trying to tip...

Soka Earns High Ranking Soka University, a four-year liberal arts college and graduate school in Aliso Viejo, ranked in the top 50 in the latest...

From an interfaith service on Sunday to a prayer service and communal feast on Thanksgiving Day, Laguna Beach locals ready to give thanks for...

Santa Claus Is Coming To Town After months of speculation, the Federal Reserve finally announced that it would begin reducing its money-easing program of buying...

Top Thurston Students Earn Gold Thurston Middle School students with a GPA of 3.5 or higher were recognized last Friday, March 8 at an  assembly....

There are over 100 registered non-profits in Laguna Beach. Nearly every one of them supports the needs and interests of locals, and every one...

Physicians involved with six hospitals in the region announced a plan to develop out-patient surgery centers in Orange and Los Angeles counties in a...

The school district’s Readiness Team is providing free developmental screenings for young children 3 to 5 years of age on Jan. 30 “Our free developmental...

A clear divergence of beliefs piled up between Assemblyman Allan Mansoor, a Republican from Costa Mesa, and political newcomer Robert Rush, a Newport Beach...

The Festival of Arts Foundation awarded $30,000 in grants to Laguna Beach High School to enhance visual and performing arts education, the district announced...

Photos and Story by Ron Chilcote, Special to the Independent In the Sycamore Hills of Laguna Canyon, now known as the James Dilley Greenbelt Preserve,...