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Before you pack up for a Thanksgiving journey, don’t forget to pack an Indy and share your adventures with readers back home. Thanks to...

Let it snow somewhere else. Laguna Beach receives winter California-style at the annual Sawdust Festival’s Winter Fantasy. “Put a Little Sparkle in your Holiday”...

Slip-Sliding Away   My mother is in her 90th year and lives in Houston, Tex. Three weeks ago, she had her appendix removed, spent three days...

The Montage Laguna Beach commissioned two studio cameo urn lamps created and recently installed by Laguna Beach artist and glassblower John Barber.   “The inspiration for...

The Laguna Playhouse has named Michael Barker as associate managing director.   Barker joined the playhouse staff in July after serving as managing director for The...

Friends of firefighters packed City Hall to witness a personnel shift change at the city’s fire department this past Monday. New badges were pinned...

By Mary Dolphin, Special to the Independent   With the advent of cold weather and changes at the Alternative Sleeping Location, the nighttime shelter for the...

Christmas Bulbs Go to Market   The Friends of the Hortense Miller Garden will be at the Farmers Market in Laguna Beach this Saturday, Nov. 19,...

A fundraising partnership between the Boys & Girls Club and the local Taco Bell franchise supported the club’s Keystone Teen leadership program. A portion of...

Not Even Masks Obscure Good Fortune   More than 200 theatrically costumed guests danced, dined and partied at The Laguna Playhouse’s third annual Moonlight Masquerade,...

Local resident Herb Nootbaar celebrates his 103rd birthday at his exercise club last week!   Handsome, intellectual, witty, and going strong, says Donna Gee.    

The Arthritis National Research Foundation elected former Irvine mayor and Laguna Beach resident Sally Anne Sheridan to its board. “By funding young researchers with cutting-edge...

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...

What Every Parent And Teen Should Know The school district and California Youth Services will present “The Reality of Orange County Teens: What Every Parent...

SchoolPower is moving beyond its mission raising money for Laguna’s public schools to also organize a musical instrument drive for woodwinds, strings and brass...