The Lead

By Justin Swanson | LB Indy   “Orange has its Circle, San Juan its Mission, and for Laguna, it’s this tower,” says local historian Andy Alison,...

Sitting at a little desk, a young woman peers expectantly into the distance. Wearing pink cat’s-eye glasses, she mutters, “Yenta Nudel, at your service,”...

Tuesday, Jan. 29 Fraud. 600 block of Sleepy Hollow Lane. 10:20 a.m. Someone is putting up fake craigslist ads, trying to rent the property. Petty theft....

The coroner’s office identified two passengers who died in a single-vehicle collision while exiting state Route 73 near Laguna Beach on Halloween Night. Victorino Benites...

Prayer Breakfast Spotlights Homeless Advocate The Laguna Beach Interfaith Council’s sixth annual National Day of Prayer Breakfast is Thursday, May 2 from 8:30 to 9:30...

Bob Whalen told a crowd of 175 supporters that he seeks re-election to the Laguna Beach City Council in part because “there is no shortage of things to work on” to improve the town.

Parents in the Laguna Beach Unified School District were informed of an unspecified threat made by a student against Laguna Beach High School in...

City Council members upheld a decision by the Planning Commission with their own unanimous vote Tuesday, effectively blocking CVS from opening a second store in the city’s downtown.

By Justin Swanson | LB Indy   This weekend sees the return of the 37th annual Victoria World Championship of Skimboarding, now known as The Vic,...

With artist Noel Lashley leading the way, participants in Soroptimist International’s Healthy Girl Festival on April 27 will be asked to record their reactions...

The terrible Laguna Beach wildfire was 20 years ago, taking place on Oct. 27, 1993. This unsolved crime touched the lives of most all...

Laguna Art Museum recently launched Joseph Kleitsch: Abroad and At Home in Old Laguna, a new exhibit on view through Sept. 24. The exhibition features...

Richie Nunis hit a two-run homer in the third inning to lift Laguna Beach High School's baseball squad (26-2) to a 2-0 victory over...

For the second time in four days, Laguna Beach residents were impacted by utility malfunctions, which affected both power and natural gas supplies. Twelve homes...

By Charlie Warner, Special to the Independent In preparation for the high school’s fall theater production, “The Man Who Came to Dinner,” director Celena DelPizzo-Howell...