Community Comes Together for Earth Day Beach Clean Up
About 40 people gathered at the Laguna Art Museum last Saturday, April 22 for the museum’s Earth Day celebration, which featured a beach cleanup...
Foot Traffic, Trolleys Dominate Transit Talks
A dedicated trolley lane downtown and smaller, open-air shuttles were suggested as transit alternatives during a Planning Commission workshop about updating Laguna Beach’s Downtown...
Stirring the Ashes
By Anthony Kaufman, Special to the Independent No one was sure what started the blaze that had ravaged this beachside community.
I would interview those...
Plans Take Shape for Using New Revenue
Almost half of the $2.2 million in revenue anticipated from the Laguna Beach's Measure LL-approved increase to Laguna Beach's transient occupancy tax will fund utility under-grounding.
Long-Serving Leader Ponders Another Race, Seeks a Clone
When Toni Iseman first ran for Laguna Beach City Council in 1998, the local business community was skeptical that a schoolteacher could be sensitive to their needs. Growing up in Fremont, Neb., where her father ran a women’s clothing store, Iseman had a clear picture of how hard it can be to keep a small business alive.
Animal Lover Leaves Legacy to Local Rescuers
Laguna's abandoned pets and stranded pinnipeds are better off today because of a $720,000 donation from the estate of Enid Patricia Greaves, a 49-year...
Can Laguna’s Cliff Keep Music Playing?
The right to amplified music during the Cliff Restaurant's Music Matters weeknight concerts comes under the Laguna Beach Planning Commission's scrutiny Wednesday night when...
Community Datebook 8/2/13
Click Chicks Wins WeddingWire Award
The online wedding marketplace WeddingWire selected Click Chicks Photography, owned by Laguna Beach resident Leslie Cunningham, to receive their bride’s...
Title Quest Ends a Run Short
Laguna’s quest to make their first Southern Section CIF finals in 76 seasons of baseball fell short on Tuesday, June 3, as the Breakers...
Judges Uphold City’s Homeless Policies
A federal appeals court declined to rule on the merit of a claim over city of Laguna Beach policies that impact homeless people and...
Laguna Dance Festival Promises to Defy Gravity
He appears on stage slowly, his movements precise and slightly exaggerated to focus the audience’s attention on his presence. Then the stage blacks out....
Welcoming Lincoln’s Wife
By Justin Swanson | LB Indy
The stage goes black and when the lights re-illuminate it, the audience sees Mary Todd Lincoln, alone. She bustles...
Familiar Face Leads Local GOP
About 50 members of the Laguna Beach Republicans elected longtime resident Howard Hills as its incoming president at a meeting on Saturday, Dec. 14.
Wasting...
Music Fest Drums Up Support for Causes
The grounds of the Sawdust Art Festival will come to life for a weekend of live music March 29 and 30, a rare treat...
Questions Arise Over Missing Board Member
Carol Normandin, elected to the Laguna Beach Unified School District board last November, has been absent from meetings since April due to a family...