Answering Homeless Housing Skeptics
A plan for permanent housing for chronically homeless people who are mentally ill is generating much discussion around town and some pointed letters to...
Embracing an ‘Eternal Legacy’
The Arts Commission chose the work titled “Eternal Legacy” by Gerard Basil Stripling and Michele Taylor to serve as a memorial for two Laguna...
Marking 50 Years of Filmmaking
Laguna Beach-based MacGillivray Freeman Films celebrates 50 years of award-winning film making at the 15th Annual Newport Beach Film Festival with events Tuesday and...
Librarian Writes a New Chapter
By Donna Furey | LB Indy
Jon Gilliom took on the job as Laguna Beach’s library branch manager a little more than a year ago...
Surf Legend Remembered as a ‘Genius and a Gentleman’
With hundreds of well-wishers reciting his name three times in unison, Hobie Alter’s daughter Paula concluded an outdoor memorial service on the Aliso Creek...
College Mourns a Student of Wit and Talent
They stood in solemn formation, their faces illuminated by electronic candles or glow string head and wristbands, along Laguna Canyon Road at the edge...
Music Fest Wins New Fans
Organizer and promoter Rick Conkey agreed to some unusual concessions in setting up last month’s Blue Water Green Earth Music Festival.
Besides hiring police for...
The Truth Behind the Fiction
When I was a girl, a police officer lived with his sweet wife and three fresh-faced children in the ground floor apartment. Think Norman...
New Appeals Keep Artists on Hold
Artists are already lining up for the chance to take up residence in Louis Longi’s controversial work-live project in Laguna Canyon, which was approved...
Student’s Death Revives Safety Questions
The section of Laguna Canyon Road where an art student from France was fatally injured had long been known to her college, city officials...
Planners Tackle Surf and Turf
Commercial stand-up paddle board instructors may be subject to some rules restricting how they operate in Laguna Beach as a result of a draft...
Home-Invasion Bandits Tie Up Laguna Couple
A Laguna Beach couple asleep in their home were tied up and robbed in the 100 block of Acacia Drive by two men who...
Service Set for Hobie Alter
A memorial paddle out for Hobie Alter, whose innovations reshaped surfing and sailing, is planned for 4-7 p.m. Friday, April 18, at Doheny State...
Pearson Will Not Seek Re-Election
After 12 consecutive years on Laguna Beach’s City Council, Mayor Elizabeth Pearson says she will not seek a fourth term, due to the demands...
Student Struck in Crosswalk Dies, Vigil Set
Art student Nina Fitzpatrick, 22, died Tuesday, April 8, at Mission Viejo’s Mission Hospital as a result of being struck by a car as...