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Coast Film & Music Festival Back for its Fourth Year Festival to feature Five Summer Stories, Honk band to play live By LB Indy Staff The Fourth...

  Few can claim that cleaning out grandma’s attic serves as a life altering experience. Even so, for Laguna Beach resident Lorraine Passero, rummaging through...

His paintings hang in major museums, including the Laguna Art Museum, and countless galleries specializing in historic California art. A weighty tome titled “Edgar...

Every year, an average of 36 students at Laguna Beach High School receive suspensions for up to five days for offenses mostly involving drugs and defiance. Besides having to make up lessons from losing class time, the student also must shoulder the consequences of discipline annotated in their permanent record.

Tony Award-winning producer Ellen Richard, who began her career as a stagehand and scenic design assistant, will join Laguna Playhouse as its interim executive...

Sally’s Fund teamed up with Lindsay Smith-Rosales, chef and co-owner of Nirvana Grille to deliver 130 Easter dinners to low-income senior citizens last weekend. After...

Santa Claus waves to the crowd as he is transported via golf cart from North Laguna to the Art of Fitness. The third annual...

Monday, Feb. 4 Grand theft. 31800 Coast Hwy. About $2,400 in cash, personal and insurance checks were taken from locked drawers in medical offices. There...

  September proved to be a good conservation month for both Laguna Beach water districts, with South Coast Water District and Laguna Beach County Water...

By Breeana Greenberg, Special to the Independent The Laguna Beach Unified School District’s Board of Education recently discussed sending a letter reminding district employees that...

A 27-year-old Santa Ana man was recently arrested by Newport Beach police for allegedly burglarizing boats at several Newport marinas for fishing gear worth...

By Donna Furey, Special to the Independent A year ago as Dr. Alex Kalmanovich walked about downtown Laguna Beach, as he does with his wife...

A majority of the Laguna Beach City Council on Tuesday opposed replacing grass at Main Beach with drought-tolerant landscaping or sand as part of the city’s plan to renovate a park that was last renovated in the 1970s.

By Sara Vandegrift, Special to the Independent   With gun control a subject of renewed national debate, sometimes irony is the best way to take on...

The Laguna Beach Fire Department will launch its own ambulance team, ending a 25-year partnership with Doctor’s Ambulance Service on July 1. The Laguna Beach...