Memorial Service Set for Firefighter
A memorial service will be held for Mike Herdman, Wednesday, July 9 at 11 a.m. at the Arcadia High School Performing Arts Center, 188...
Street Beat 3/1/13
Tuesday, Feb. 19
Grand theft. 100 block of McKnight Dr. 1:36 p.m. An antique bench valued at $2200 placed at the curb disappeared.
Grand theft. 1400...
Laguna Remembers 9/11 at Monument Point
The Laguna Beach Fire and Police Departments conducted a remembrance and service ceremony to honor those who lost their lives on Sept. 11, 2001....
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...
Pipeline Repairs Steam Drivers, Merchants
Merchants in South Laguna and southbound commuters both are suffering from the consequences of emergency pipeline repairs in Coast Highway that are expected to...
Drone light show to replace July 4 fireworks
The Laguna Beach night sky will look a little different this Fourth of July as the city council unanimously approved a drone light show...
LBPD Receives Traffic Education and Enforcement Grant
Laguna Beach Police Department has been awarded a $115,000 grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) for a year-long enforcement and public awareness program.
Chlorine Attack Sickens Sea Lions
Local and federal investigators suspect someone tainted saltwater pools holding recuperating sea lions at the Pacific Marine Mammal Center in Laguna Canyon last week...
Glennwood Sets Out to Meet Its Neighbors
By Justin Swanson | LB Indy
New electrical wiring – complicated, intricate, and functionally crucial – now runs through the walls of every room in...
Firefighters’ Pay Up as Benefits Slip
The City Council ratified a four-year contract Tuesday awarding firefighters a 4.5 percent pay raise that nevertheless fails to completely offset the rate increase...
Artists’ Work-Live Complex Closer to Reality
A 30-unit, 20,000-square-foot, 31-foot-high artists’ work-live complex got its first concrete go-ahead, albeit with conditions, Wednesday night with four out of five city planning...
Council Mulls Canyon Development Moratorium
Concerns over a burst of development projects in Laguna Canyon prompted the City Council on Tuesday to suggest a temporary halt to new projects...
Persistent ‘Zoom-bombing’ forces council to adjourn meeting early
By Tasmin McGill, Special to the Independent
Laguna Beach city officials and residents were bombarded with racial, homophobic, and antisemitic remarks during Laguna Beach City...
Taking View Equity for a Test Drive
Just six weeks after its formation, the newly established View Equity Committee seems determined to deliver on putting teeth in a new city ordinance.
But...
Special Olympics Torch Lights Up the Town
A 41-person relay team bearing a torch lit 6,900 miles away in Athens, Greece, made its way across a mile of Laguna Beach on...