Museum Open House Fills Galleries
Membership in the Laguna Art Museum rose by 13 percent in the last year and the museum for the first time held two art...
Spending by Tourists Stronger This Summer
With few exceptions this summer, diners daily filled the booths overlooking Coast Highway from Nick’s Laguna Beach restaurant, front row seats to the hustle...
Musings on the Coast: A Kayak Meditation
This summer I really got into kayaking. Scratch that, I always have loved kayaking, but this summer I got into it as a balm. ...
Sculptures Rejected for Lifeguard HQ
Both finalists in a $60,000 sculpture commission to embellish Laguna Beach’s lifeguard headquarters came away empty-handed when the city’s Art Commission unanimously rejected their...
Repairing a Lifeline to a Historic Laguna Enclave
Trash day proves much more of a chore than it used to be for Deborah Young and her neighbors in an unusual Laguna Canyon...
Taking Customer Service Up an Octave
Carras Paton, 28, a longtime customer of A & D Music, sought out the Laguna Hills shop owner Rebecca Apodaca recently to discuss his...
Laguna Hires Strategic School Administrators
With emphasis on new learning standards and student discipline, three new school administrators, an assistant superintendent, the director of human resources and an assistant...
Still Adrift from Laguna Sands
After being displaced for more than a month, residents of four oceanfront Laguna Beach condominiums, who were evacuated after the building creaked loudly and...
A Rescue Who Turns Heads
By Joe Cockrell, Special to the Independent
I love dogs. I’ve had a canine companion for most of my adult life, including an Australian Shepard...
Recreation Fees Going Up at School Sites
Residents will soon see a hike in fees for some recreation programs as a result of a joint-use agreement adopted by the City Council...
Association Protests Lack of Tree Protections
A towering pine rooted in a South Laguna slope was removed this week to make way for an extensive home addition following a decision...
Laguna Broadens its Online Services
Laguna Beach hopes to improve customer service as well as fight crime with two new technology initiatives announced this week.
To foster neighbor-to-neighbor communications as...
Creativity Flourishes on the Runway
By Loreen Berlin, Special to the Independent
A hushed crowd of appreciative attendees nearly forgot to applaud as models strutted the runway at the annual...
Drought Prompts Laguna to Act on Fire Safety
With the coming anniversary of the 1993 Laguna Beach firestorm as the backdrop, the City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to step up fire safety...
Curbing Cell Tower Growth
Laguna Beach is trying to flex some muscle by standing up to AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, and other companies that covet bigger transmission towers to...