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The cost to create a more visually interesting city entrance at Laguna Canyon Road has risen to $8.4 million, with the City Council approving the estimated $1.3 million budget increase at Tuesday’s meeting.

Laguna Beach is exploring whether conditions of a closed South Laguna restaurant and parking lot will allow for development of a public-serving building, possibly...

To accommodate the anticipated influx of fireworks’ spectators and beach-goers on Saturday, July 4, Laguna Beach is stepping up staffing of lifeguards and traffic...

Police Salute One of Their Own A phalanx of fellow motorcycle officers escorted the body of Laguna Beach police Officer Jon Coutchie back to familiar...

Sundried Tomato American Bistro and Catering will close the smallest of its three south-county restaurants, located in Laguna Beach, and refocus on its San Clemente...

Managers of the two water districts serving Laguna Beach residents say lead contamination like that experienced in Flint, Mich., is unlikely here, even in older homes, because the water source is constantly monitored by suppliers.

By Rita Robinson and Andrea Adelson| LB Indy   The San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station near San Clemente won’t be restarted again, but it will be...

Two men pleaded guilty earlier this month to voluntary manslaughter in the 2009 fatal bludgeoning of Damon Nicholson in his Laguna Beach apartment. Matthew Thomas...

The Laguna Beach City Council approved a decorum and civility policy Tuesday to address residents’ complaints about the troubling discourse in the City Council chambers.

Laguna Beach sculptor Nick Hernandez feels like his career is getting a second wind. Hernandez, 76, has been named to the International Selection Committee that...

By Justin Swanson | LB Indy   Skip Hellewell fell in love with Laguna Beach immediately. On a camping and surfing trip as a youth, Hellewell...

Love Laguna Beach, a city-wide volunteer day where residents, businesses, city government, faith-based organizations, and non-profits will unite to make Laguna Beach a better...

By Jennifer Erickson | LB Indy This summer, more than clanging trolleys will signal the arrival of festival season. Laguna Beach plans a pilot valet...

Now, he’s teaming up with another religious leader, Rabbi Marcia Tilchin, of Tustin, to try to foster connections among Jewish residents of Laguna Beach. The pair are convinced that many local Jews, even some with formal synagogue ties, would welcome an informal way to cultivate a closer knit community.