Passionate Pleas Preserve Historic Building
By Jennifer Erickson | LB Indy
Residents overwhelmingly supported the preservation of Laguna's historic sewer digester building last week during a workshop on the proposed...
Big Changes in Small Packages
By Randy Kraft, Special to the Independent
A duo of innovations hit the downtown this month with the Planning Commission's approval of a temporary use...
Lesser-Known Lessons Motivate School Candidates
By Rita Robinson | LB Indy
Two candidates for three seats on the Laguna Beach School District board have officially announced their intentions to run...
Postcards to Capture Global Hopes for Peace
By Kellie Hall, Special to the Independent
The Laguna Beach-based arts nonprofit TIMOTCA (The International Museum of Twenty-first Century Art) hopes to display panels of...
Riders Vow to Push for Bike Safety
By Kellie Hall, Special to the Independent
A swarm of 200 to 300 cyclists rode en masse from Heisler Park in Laguna Beach to the...
Iseman Seeks Re-election
Laguna Beach City Council member Toni Iseman, whose fifth consecutive term ends this fall, has announced that she will run for re-election in November....
Blending Art and Ink Adds to Laguna’s Local Color
Where young adults congregate, from Main Beach to the corner coffee house, the observant will likely see evidence of a tattoo artist’s effort.
The morphing...
New Vision for Batting Cages
It was an early Saturday morning at the Laguna Beach Batting Cages on Laguna Canyon Road. A beehive of maroon-and-white clad 8- and 9-year-old...
Merritt Believes He Can Improve on City’s Merits
Announcing his intention to run for City Council this week, Paul Merritt says the city of Laguna Beach needs to become more progressive regarding...
New Cafe Un-‘Urth’s a Landmark
By Kellie Hall, Special to the Independent
Urth Caffé officially broke ground at the historic former Cottage restaurant in North Laguna Beach for the Los...
Cyclists and Pedestrians Mobilize for Safety
About 200 helmeted cyclists and bareheaded pedestrians spilled over the lawn in front of City Hall Tuesday night to decry their unsafe passage through...
MIG Chosen to Create Town’s Vision
The City Council selected the urban planning team assembled by San Diego-based MIG to help shape the guidelines for future development downtown and along...
Police Suppress Popular Drum Circle
Laguna Beach police and park rangers pre-emptively closed off emptying public parking lots at Aliso Beach for last Saturday’s Full Moon Drum Circle due...
Part-time LCAD Teachers OK Union
Part-time adjunct instructors at the Laguna College of Art and Design agreed to join the Service Employees International Union’s Local 721 in a 35-32...
Who Gets the Job Creating a Vision for Laguna?
The decision about which urban planner will help shape the guidelines for future development downtown and along Laguna Canyon Road comes down to the...