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Several independent neighborhood associations in Laguna Canyon have established an umbrella coalition, the Laguna Beach Canyon Alliance of Neighborhoods Defense Organization (CANDO), to serve...

Police investigators are seeking the public’s assistance in locating a 26-year-old man suspected in a sexual assault of a Laguna Beach woman in April. Earlier...

Though he stepped away from a formal leadership role he had long held with the Orange County Democratic Party in 2012, Barbaro now is devoting 20 hours a week to making “money calls” in support of the Democratic party’s presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton.

After being ordered to comply with a judicial ruling, the Laguna Beach Unified School District has expunged the record of a high school senior disciplined for an off-campus incident with racial overtones.

Laguna Beach recently bought the former St. Catherine of Siena Parish School for $23 million. Many thought it seemed a reasonable price for 6.5...

Two young women stranded on a rock reef in Laguna Beach as the tide was rising were rescued by sheriff’s deputies and lifeguards early today,...

Kudos for Employing the Disabled Laguna Beach’s Montage resort was honored with a “Spotlight Award by the Regional Center of Orange County, which coordinates services...

While homeowners can take steps to control their use of water in their bathrooms and yards, they lack much flexibility when confronted with the significant sums they are asked to pay for the infrastructure that delivers water to their taps or removes waste from their toilets.

In the Laguna Art Museum’s current centerpiece exhibit, “Art Colony: The Laguna Beach Art Association 1918-1935,” there’s an emphasis on the synergic relationship between Laguna’s founding artists and their community.

By Lou Ponsi, Special to the Independent The Laguna Beach City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved a plan aimed at improving the quality of life...

It won’t be in the tinny, tiny yellow V-dub convertible that barely escaped the gale-force winds of passing 18-wheelers in an Alaskan snowstorm with temperatures dropping to minus 38 degrees. To top it off, the bug had no heater.

Laguna Beach has 29 residents who have been diagnosed with the coronavirus, Orange County health officials reported Friday. The latest tally represents a nearly 32%...

One of Laguna Beach’s rare private refuges for local homeless people to find a permanent place to live was recently ordered closed by city...

Signs of life are visible within Laguna Beach’s only movie theater, a landmark building that closed 16 months ago and is expected to reopen shortly. There is new carpet in the lobby and a giant popcorn maker gleaming just inside the front doors. Painters are dodging ladders and caution tape, working to meet the slated opening date.

By Christine Fugate, Special to the Independent When Laguna Beach resident Robyn Sherain came home from work last December, her boyfriend, Jay Spence, had surprised...