A Gift of Beauty Returns to the Sea
After five days of painstaking work creating an intricate circular painting with boldly colored lines of sand, Tibetan monks visiting Laguna Beach brushed their...
Devising Live-Work Rules in Laguna Remains a Puzzle
Local artists, some of them still recouping from last December’s flood damage, started erecting new defenses this month against another threat: a proposal to...
Biker Shop Stocks Eye Candy for Men
As a 20-year-old, Troy Lee fortuitously combined his zeal for motocross racing and passion for art by painting helmets for friends. Trail grit must...
Hit-and-run Driver Snarls Laguna Traffic
Three people suffered minor injuries in two separate four-car pileups less than a mile apart that temporarily blocked lanes of Coast Highway Thursday afternoon...
Unbowed by Cancer, a Nurse Turns to Advocacy
“This can’t be cancer, because I had a mammogram,” Laguna Beach resident Sol Roberts recalled thinking when she found a lump in her breast...
Laguna OKs Firefighters Pact Without Raises
A spokesman for the firefighter’s union remains dismayed at the terms of a two-year contract ratified Tuesday by the City Council, which has yet...
Wielding Chop Sticks Boosts Team Spirit
In a year of tight school budgets and a legal settlement that has spiked the levying of “spirit fees” for student athletes, Laguna Beach’s...
New Counselors Divvy Up Advice-Giving
Laguna Beach High School welcomes three new members, Nichole Rosa, David Reska, and Angela Pilon to its counseling team this year.
“Our counselors have over...
New School Families Welcomed
By Cynthia Jenkins, SchoolPower Volunteer
SchoolPower trustees and their kids took to the streets last weekend to deliver over 200 welcome bags to families who...
Class Notes
School District Forms Now Available Online
Students first day registration packets are now available online, a move away from paper that will save time for...
On the Blacktop
El Morro
After School Clubs begin, Sept. 26
PTA Meeting, 9:15-10:30 a.m., Sept. 27
Picture Day, Sept. 29
Top of the World
After School Programs begin, Sept. 26
Vision and...
Streetbeat
Monday, Sept.12
Traffic stop. 12:14 a.m. A Corona del Mar woman, 23, was cited for driving while drunk and held for $2,500 bail.
Traffic stop. 2L25...
Laguna’s Coastline Closes to Anglers Jan. 1
No-fishing restrictions along most of Laguna’s coastline will take effect on Jan. 1, fish and game officials decided last week.
The effective date, proposed for...
A Clean Sweep Over Laguna Beaches
Ten years ago Michael and Deborah Jagels were married on Main Beach and held their wedding reception at Las Brisas restaurant, overlooking Pacific Ocean ...
Laguna Receives Monks’ Blessings
Seven Tibetan monks skilled in the sacred art of sand mandala painting as well as butter sculpture, costumed dance and chanting are making a...