The Lead

“When these city lights bring these streets to life....” sang Lou Reed in the song “City Lights,” implying that lights, in whatever configurations, make...

Pacific Marine Mammal Center recently tapped a former banking executive as its next chief executive. Glenn Gray was slated to take the helm of the...

By Charlie Warner, Special to the Independent In preparation for the high school’s fall theater production, “The Man Who Came to Dinner,” director Celena DelPizzo-Howell...

  Journalist and entrepreneur Stu Saffer, founder of the Stu News Laguna website and Laguna Beach Independent weekly newspaper, died Saturday, May 20, after a...

An array of Easter celebrations are planned by the churches of Laguna Beach this weekend. Also listed are non-religious events associated with the holiday.

A Mission Viejo man suspected of driving under the influence of drugs was arrested Saturday in Laguna Beach after allegedly hitting a pedestrian with...

By Megan Miller, Special to the Independent An initiative seeking to maximize public participation in major development projects in Laguna Beach will appear on November’s...

The Laguna Beach City Council voted to approve the continuation of what is called the 9/80 employee work schedule at Tuesday’s council meeting, but not without some push-back from residents.

A Laguna Beach man won’t be charged for unlawful possession of a firearm found during an FBI search of his home last month, prosecutors...

Local activists documenting what they say is a lack of security at San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station will present their findings this month to...

By Torie Hamilton, Special to the Independent “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by...

Staff recommendations for a scaled-back $14.4 million plan to create an inviting landscaped pathway between City Hall and the Laguna Canyon art festivals seemed...

Courtney Hamchuck spied them while jogging in Dana Point Harbor, a cluster of women paddling canoes on the water. A surfer who had played...

By winning the Olympic water polo tournament in convincing fashion, the U.S. women’s team earned another gold medal, and as current world champions, have again proved themselves as a water polo powerhouse. In each game of the tournament, the U.S. won by at least four goals, thanks in part to the Fischer sisters.

By: Christine Carpenter, Special to the Indy Paula Hornbuckle and her soon-to-be husband Brad Arnold sent an unusual proposal to guests they invited to their...