City Readies for El Niño
A downpour earlier this week let loose a few rocks and slick roads resulted in an overturned car, but city staff are feverishly preparing...
Lifting the Curtain on a Small Stage
Laguna Beach playwright Lojo Simon is staging new works in an artist's studio.
Volunteers Aid Sea Lion Rescuers
Several El Toro High students helped rescuers from the Pacific Marine Mammal Center extract a malnourished sea lion pup from the rocks at Crescent...
Parents Upset Over Ousted Staffers
By Donna Furey | LB Indy
What the Boys and Girls Club board president calls “the ruckus” erupted last week at the club’s TLC location...
National Night Out Unites Residents, Public Safety
Laguna Beach recently participated in the National Night Out, a nationwide initiative to bring residents together while promoting neighborhood safety, unity and partnerships with...
Festival Renews Support for Gallery Q
A $2,000 grant from Laguna Beach’s Festival of Arts Foundation will support the annual art exhibitions at Gallery Q, the fifth year of foundation...
An Inside Look at Who Makes the Cut
Every year, the Newport Beach Film Festival receives more than 3,000 submissions, but only accepts about 10 percent. The rest are indeed cut.
Women’s Collective Giving Group Awards $130,000
Impact Giving, an Orange County women’s collective giving organization and the brainchild of several Laguna Beach women, awarded six grants totaling $130,000 at its...
Pursuit Ends in Arrest of Burglary Suspects
Three Los Angeles residents suspected in a Newport Beach burglary were arrested after a brief pursuit through Laguna Canyon that ended Wednesday, March 25,...
A View to a Compromise Emerges
If a neighbor's unchecked vegetation now blocks the view that enticed you to buy your home, the latest draft of a proposed Laguna Beach...
Breakers Clinch So Cal Championship
Laguna Beach High School’s Makenzie Fischer scored five goals and Holly Parker was golden in the cage with nine saves as the Breakers revenged...
Crowning Table Top Champs
Good-natured ribbing between players as well as intense, competitive ping pong characterized last Saturday's third annual table tennis tournament at The Susi Q Senior...
Measures Ease Summer Parking Woes
By Jennifer Erickson | LB Indy
Better promotion of peripheral parking lots supported by a strong trolley system prevented more cars from circulating downtown in...
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...