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“The winning films are the ones that have heart,” according to Wendy Milette, director of the sixth annual My Hero Short Film Festival, put...

The Shocking Sweetness of Soccer Mom By Christine Fugate   “What’s the big news here?” my husband asked me. “That our baby girl is going to the soccer...

During a recent snowboarding trip to Big Bear, Laguna High School students Alex Wheeler, Rex Strombotne and Kevin Wu learned snow wasn’t the only...

Arturo Valdivia, a 20-year Laguna Beach resident involved with a private language instruction service, will be leading English immersion courses for a group of...

Jessica Shusko, co-captain of the LBHS water polo squad and a four-year varsity performer, last month signed a letter of intent to play water...

Thurston Middle School held its Gold Card & Honor Roll Breakfast last month to celebrate the academic accomplishments of students who achieved an overall...

LB Indy log questions: Arrests Tied to Day-Old Burglary Four transients were arrested last Saturday allegedly in possession of checks reported missing in a burglary of...

Colonial Days at El Morro Elementary School is much more than a lesson taught to children about the time of their forebears, it’s an...

What do you get when you take two dedicated principals, give them each a gourmet menu, have it prepared by master chef, Armando Ortega,...

Local students mixed robotics and LEGOs to bring home two top trophies from the first Orange County LEGO League Robotics Competition in Irvine this...

The public is invited to two overlapping student productions, beginning with the contemporary Broadway musical comedy, “You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown,” in performance...

Marine biologist Nancy Caruso and 11 students from Garden Grove’s Pacifica High School took a kelp safari aboard La Vida Laguna kayaks offshore Laguna...

By Cindy Obrand, Special to the Independent  Former Laguna Beach basketball standout Jesse Obrand, who recently passed the California bar exam, among just 37 percent who...

Local singer-songwriter Dennis Lockwood hasn’t done much traveling, but a song he wrote two years ago is finding fans from Bulgaria to Saudi Arabia. The...

Three years ago, Cathleen Falsani and Maurice Possley traveled to Africa thanks to a ticket won in a raffle, returning home to Chicago transformed...