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...
Services Set for Hobie Alter
A memorial honoring the life of Hobie Alter is set for 4:30- 6 p.m. on Thursday, April 10, at Laguna Beach’s Aliso Creek Inn.
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Council on the Menu for Cafe Owner
Jon Madison, owner of Laguna Beach’s Madison Square and Garden Café and a longtime member of the city’s Heritage Committee, last week confirmed rumors...
Bandits Tie Up Laguna Couple in Home Invasion Robbery
A Laguna Beach couple asleep in their home were tied up and robbed in the 100 block of Acacia Drive by two men who...
Laguna’s Mayor Will Not Seek Fourth Term
Mayor Elizabeth Pearson officially announced Friday, April 4, that she will not seek a fourth term on the Laguna Beach City Council in November,...
Consensus Builds on Canyon Planning
The necessity of revisiting development guidelines along Laguna Canyon Road emerged as a dominant topic of a joint meeting between the City Council, Planning...
Broadcast Skewers Laguna’s Hot Button
Though less dramatic than the infamous panic incited by the 1938 "War of the Worlds" broadcast, quite a few people fell for an April...
Pedestrian Critically Injured in Canyon Crash
A 22-year-old college student suffered serious injuries after she was struck walking in a cross walk across Laguna Canyon Road near the Laguna College...
Sailing, Surfing Icon Hobie Alter Dies at 80
Before filmmaker Bruce Brown boarded a plane alongside two surfers to film what would become the 1966 break-out movie “The Endless Summer,” the man...
Artist Units Move Forward
Residents thronged City Hall on Tuesday to weigh in on local sculptor Louis Longi's artists' work/live project, the source of months of controversy. Proponents...
Boys Rebuff Suspicious Overture
Two students returned to Thurston Middle School to inform school officials they rebuffed a man who had offered them money to hand out flyers...
Live Work Project Wins Go-Ahead
Louis Longi’s controversial live-work development in Laguna Canyon can proceed. On a 3-2 vote, Laguna beach’s City Council on Tuesday denied an appeal of...
Council on the Menu for Cafe Owner
Jon Madison, owner of Laguna Beach’s Madison Square and Garden Café and a longtime member of the city’s Heritage Committee, last week confirmed rumors...