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Laguna local Hans Rey and Austrian champion trail biker Tom Oehler explored the rough and remote Guatemalan Highlands riding trails at an elevation of...

By hiking fees for community development services in coming months, the City Council will be able to fund most requests competing for an undesignated...

Friday, Feb. 4 DUI. A 54-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of drugs. She was held on a $2,500 bail. DUI....

Laguna Beach City Hall could see a proposal for budget cutbacks related to the ongoing recession as early as April 7, City Manager John...

With contentious issues rising among residents regarding short-term rentals, medical marijuana dispensaries and a burgeoning number of beachgoers, the only candidate so far to challenge two City Council incumbents in the November election says she’ll give the city back to the citizens.

“I’ve been in preschool for a million years,” said Macie Shearer. “I’ve been waiting a really long time to go to kindergarten. I’m 150 times excited!”

By Chris Trela | NB Indy Aileen Kruidenier’s Irish grandmother, Eileen, was sick with cancer and in hospice care when she began painting glorious pictures...

By Bill Norris, Special to the Independent SAN BERNARDINO --- After 78 years, the Laguna Beach High School baseball team finally got to have its dog...

Wednesday, May 11 DUI. Diana Paola Garcia, 33, of Irvine was arrested on suspicion of drunk driving with a prior DUI charge. She was held...

By Donna Furey, Special to the Independent Local churches mark the coming holiday with Christmas experiences from traditional to trendy and everything in between. In...

A Thurston Middle School social studies teacher and district human resources assistant were selected as the 2021-22 employees of the year for the Laguna...

Former Canadian ice hockey pro Martin Yewchuk moved to Laguna Beach from Calgary to fulfill his self-described goal of becoming "a famous Hollywood producer...

“I thought I was making an heirloom for my children and I was going to breathe 100 new years into this cottage, and it was going to be something my children would go to forever,” Slee said, catching her breath between tears. “But maybe I won’t get to live in the cottage. Maybe I will just give up.”

Marketing consultant Caroline Rustigian Bruderer zips back and forth between her sons’ sporting events, a home office in Laguna Beach and the listener-supported radio...

The California Coastal Commission will consider Surf and Sand Resort’s proposed disability access improvements and aesthetic upgrades, plus after-the-fact approval of a 2001 addition...