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A fast-moving vegetation fire that started in Aliso Canyon and spread into a Laguna Niguel neighborhood had consumed about 200 acres by Thursday. The Orange...

By Donna Furey | LB Indy Three-headed monsters, body parts littering the ground, heart removal surgery and scary clowns that suddenly come to life are...

In the spirit of the first Thanksgiving, young Native Americans and colonists worked together. Dressed in character, El Morro students learned simple skills and enhanced their understanding when the school was transformed earlier this week for Colonial Days.

Vandals defaced a nearly complete street mural outside the Sawdust Art Festival this week, the first time in at least two decades that a publicly displayed artwork in town was targeted for desecration, laguna Beach city officials say.

By Andrea Adelson | LB Indy The House of Big Fish and Ice Cold Beer restaurant in Laguna Beach will close next month, part of...

While many describe Laguna as a coastal oasis, it became clear Thursday that the city will not go untouched by the spread of the...

Pacific Marine Mammal Center has received 38 sea lion pups needing medical attention since Jan. 1, compared to only six a year ago. Among those...

By Tasmin McGill, Special to the Independent Recent Laguna Beach High School graduate Meg O'Connell, known as Meg Millidge on the big screen, is set...

Shohreh Dupuis will officially retire from her position as Laguna Beach’s City Manager on Sept. 1. City attorney Phil Kohn announced the decision after...

On Monday, Nov. 5, a federal court judge granted final approval of an agreement reached by the city of Laguna Beach in June to settle a 2015 federal class action lawsuit filed by the Americans Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on behalf of homeless individuals. No money changed hands as a result of the settlement agreement, which also prevents members of the class from filing a multitude of potential similar future claims against the city.  

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.

La Tire (la-teer) She places a tall silver pot over a blue flame and prepares la tire for the holiday; dark molasses, the color of wet tree...

When Bob Borthwick read the email in his inbox telling him the city was awarded a $500,000 grant to restore part of Laguna Canyon Creek, he was overjoyed, nearly getting, he’s reticent to admit, emotional.

By Donna Furey, Special to the Independent Choices abound for New Year’s celebrations in and around Laguna Beach this year, including two different Gatsby-themed costume...

Los Angeles-born sculptor and installation artist Tom Fruin recently returned home to the West Coast to take on his first temporary installation in Laguna Beach.