Film Documents Laguna Beach from a Local’s Lens
In his tiny, crowded Laguna Beach studio, Douglas Miller produces two diminutive paintings per day. Small, they are nonetheless flawless likenesses of Laguna Beach’s...
Laguna Dance Makes A ‘Shift’
Estee Carrizosa will debut as Laguna Beach High School’s new dance instructor when “Shift” happens, the school’s winter dance concert in the Artists’ Theatre,...
Museum’s Avant Garde Champion Shifts Focus
By Daniella Walsh | LB Indy
She unveiled Orange County’s art history in the Laguna Art Museum exhibition “The Best Kept Secret,” and created ex.pose,...
Scientists Identify Virus in Sea Star Die-off
By Rita Robinson | LB Indy
Millions of sea stars, virtually the entire west-coast population along the Pacific Ocean, disintegrated into slime from Alaska to...
Clinic Finds a New Ally in AIDS Fight
By Donna Furey | LB Indy
As the Laguna Beach Community Clinic prepared to offer free testing during an annual World AIDS Day promotion this...
Crystal Cove Christmas
“Two weeks since the Pearl Harbor attack. Hard to feel much holiday cheer.” Mother keeps stirring the fudge as she turns down “White...
Jury Splits Its Decision in Teacher’s Lawsuit
By Rita Robinson
A jury awarded retired science and biology teacher Barbara Joan McKnight $50,000 in damages against the Laguna Beach Unified School District last...
New Mayor to Take a Stand on San Onofre
By Jennifer Erickson | LB Indy
In one of his first actions as the newly selected mayor of Laguna Beach, Bob Whalen pushed for a...
Holiday Happenings
A Return of the Most Hospitable Night of the Year
Street closures begin at 3:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 5, in downtown Laguna Beach in anticipation...
Reindeer Retrace Their Footsteps
Little did local actors Ava Burton and Mark Miller know when they first planned it, how timely their second staging of The Reindeer Monologues, which...
Wedding Night Tryst Postponed by Arrest
Rap artist, actor and television host Alvin Nathaniel Joiner, better known by his stage name Xzibit, was arrested in Laguna Beach after his own...
Laguna’s Ex-City Manager Receives an Unexpected Gift
By Jennifer Erickson | LB Indy
A small park created in 2012 at a trailhead off of Park Avenue was formally named the Kenneth Frank...
Concert Band Performs in Holiday Spectaculars
The 70-plus community members of the Laguna Concert Band, celebrating its 15th year, concludes its 2014 performance schedule with holiday shows at the Balboa...
Nature Works Its Magic on At-Risk Kids
By Carol Carlson, Special to the Independent
What did Orange County look like before the arrival of the plow, the cow and the bulldozer? Most...
Shopping Local Pays Back on Saturday
By Jennifer Erickson | LB Indy
Small Business Saturday is the local merchants' response to Black Friday. Where the latter lures residents out to the...