Candidate Bids for Laguna’s City Council
Robert Zur Schmiede, a 12-year appointee to the city’s Planning Commission, is the first to declare his intention to seek election in November to...
Budget Windfalls Benefit New Initiatives
A full-time bicycle patrol officer will soon pedal through downtown Laguna Beach streets thanks to fuller than expected city coffers and the approval of...
Congestion Taming Measures Ok’d
By Jennifer Erickson | LB Indy
This summer, more than clanging trolleys will signal the arrival of festival season. Laguna Beach plans a pilot valet...
Congestion Taming Measures Ok’d
This summer, more than clanging trolleys will signal the arrival of festival season. Laguna Beach plans a pilot valet parking program downtown as well...
Mystic Arts Rising Again
As a Garden Grove teenager Diane Valentino would ditch school with girlfriends to hang out in Laguna Beach’s sun and sand. The visits in...
Dentist Puts Down His Own Roots
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...
Locals’ Moves Make National Headlines
Two high-powered Laguna Beach residents roiled waters in political and financial circles this week: Neel Kashkari, a former U.S. Treasury official, announced his bid...
Stray Cat to Rock the Concert Band
He strutted into rockabilly fans’ consciousness with hit singles in the ‘80s as a bassist for the Stray Cats and now Lee Rocker will...
Dialing in an Unfocused Big Picture
If you have a hard time keeping up with the various plans, reports and studies that the city has initiated in recent months, get...
Changes Underway for City’s Cheerleader
The nine-year president and chief executive of the organization that embraces the task of wooing year-round visitors to Laguna Beach will leave the post...
Appeal Planned Over Artists’ Work-Live Units
As if braving shopping malls, wrapping gifts, preparing holiday meals and planning family gatherings weren't enough, last month members of the Laguna Canyon Property...
Schooling Civilians for Emergencies
The police department is offering free training for people who live or work in Laguna Beach and are interested in joining the Community Emergency...
Mold Wins a Star Turn in ‘Lagunatics’
To the dismay of many locals, October 2013 passed without “Lagunatics,” the annual spoof of life in Laguna Beach--it’s happenings, foibles and fodder for...
Local Entrepreneur Finds a New Crusade
By Donna Furey, Special to the Independent
Finding a full bag of unopened kibble in his home after he returned from an absence puzzled Jeff...
Culinary Arts Pulls Up Stakes
During a midday weekday walk around SoCo, Costa Mesa's latest foodie mecca, Laguna Culinary Arts founder Nancy Milby found herself both envious and excited...