City Readies for El Niño
A downpour earlier this week let loose a few rocks and slick roads resulted in an overturned car, but city staff are feverishly preparing...
Architect Mark Singer Dies
The Laguna Beach staff of noted local architect Mark Singer, who for 30 years has designed award winning homes, art galleries and commercial properties...
El Niño Brings Endless Summer
A long stretch of warm ocean water combined with humidity and rare summer rainstorms are creating some unusual winners and losers along the Laguna...
Tsunami Waves to Arrive From Chile
A tsunami swell generated by an 8.2 earthquake in Chile was forecast to arrive in Southern California in the pre-dawn darkness about 4:45 a.m....
Changes Afoot for Art College’s Biggest Fundraiser
For a quarter of a century, Collector’s Choice, the Laguna College of Art and Design’s yearly fundraising event, has been shoehorned into the school’s...
Schools Rank High in New Tests
Laguna Beach Unified School District ranks second in Orange County for overall percentage of students meeting or exceeding new state assessment test standards, the...
Officer’s Memory Sparks a Family Affair
On Sept. 11, 2001, as Jon Couchie watched on television as planes obliterated the Twin Towers, he bade his co-workers farewell. “I am going...
Schools Reopen with New Staff, New Classes
A record number of new teachers opened their doors to 3,037 students enrolled in four Laguna Beach Unified District schools this week.
Since July 1,...
Laguna Lifeguard Rescues Reach a Record
Guards Brace for a Hurricane Swell this Weekend
After playing in the tidepools with his 9-year old son on Labor Day, actor Shane Brolly took...
Montage Passes Into Blackstone’s Hands
Strategic Hotels & Resorts, Inc., which owns the Montage resort in Laguna Beach and the Ritz Carlton Laguna Niguel in Dana Point as well...
Council Nixes Widening Canyon Road
In rejecting adding new traffic lanes to Laguna Canyon Road, the City Council Tuesday instead endorsed pursuing a minimalist approach to improving the town’s...
Suit Stokes Resentment Over Rising Homelessness
A new lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of the homeless population of Laguna Beach reignited controversy brewing in the...
Theater’s Hidden Murals to Undergo Restoration
His paintings hang in major museums, including the Laguna Art Museum, and countless galleries specializing in historic California art. A weighty tome titled “Edgar...
City Appeals to Edison to Bury Lines
Laguna Beach Mayor Bob Whalen and Southern California Edison President Pedro J. Pizarro met face-to-face last week to discuss the public-safety risk of the...
Owner Deluged by Offers on Theater
The owner of the only movie theater in Laguna Beach, which closed Sunday after an 80-year run, said she’s inundated with offers to buy...