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...
Council Tackles Fire Safety, Trees and Business
After a presentation on Laguna Beach’s defensible space, where firefighters can safely make a stand against an oncoming fire, City Council member Bob Whalen...
Chefs Satisfy a Hunger for Fresh Dining
When Jessica McLeish and Jonathan Pflueger bumped into each other last fall in between volleyball sets at Ninth Street Beach in South Laguna, it...
Move Over HIP, Pearl Street Has Arrived
Laguna Beach’s Pearl Street District made its debut as a branded shopping district with its first annual holiday celebration last week. A wide variety...
Forest Closure Kicked to the Curb
Merchants effectively succeeded in lobbying to postpone a trial closure of lower Forest Avenue, though the City Council did vote Tuesday to temporarily transform...
City-wide Love Laguna Beach Volunteer Event This Saturday
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...
Work-Out Addict Sweats to Educate Girls
By Robin Pierson, Special to the Independent
Five mornings a week, promptly at 8 a.m., Carl Brown, lean and focused, begins his yoga class beneath...
Thurston Gets Portable Classrooms
Due to rising enrollment, Thurston Middle School will get two portable classrooms, school board members unanimously decided this week.
The classrooms are scheduled to be...
Laguna Beach Planning Commission OKs Pacific Edge Hotel Remodel
By Lou Ponsi, Special to the Independent
The Planning Commission on Wednesday unanimously recommended the approval of a much-needed makeover for the Pacific Edge Hotel,...
Fish Fest Carries on With a Fresh Twist
The Laguna Beach Anglers are hosting their eighth annual Fish Fry this Saturday, Nov. 15 from noon to 4 p.m. at Bluebird Park, which...
Parisi Sweeps Treasurer’s Race
Early results on election night proved an accurate assessment of the eventual outcome in the race for city treasurer of Laguna Beach, with the 17-year incumbent Laura Parisi coming out on top.
Meet Comes of Age, Starts a New Chapter
Laguna Beach High’s Eric Hulst Track and Geyer Field came alive last Saturday, as thousands of spectators, coaches and athletes ushered in a new...
Laguna Beach advances development rules once mulled for alternative ballot initiative
Correction: In a previous version of this story, the Independent incorrectly labeled the proposed city law advanced by the Laguna Beach City Council on...
Bench Warms Seats, Teaches Empathy
Two years ago, a hand-painted buddy bench was added to the El Morro Elementary playground by the PTA’s Character Counts Committee to create a place where a student in need of a friend can find one. Along the way, the bench has also proved a platform for students to cultivate empathy at a young age.
In Mock Trial, Fiction Comes to Life
It took Thurston Middle School students just an hour to unanimously convict Henry Tudor of murdering King Richard III in a mock trial last Friday, May 27.