Main Beach Mural Finalists Named
The city’s Arts Commission selected six Laguna Beach artists as finalists in a public art competition to create a mural for Main Beach, the...
Services Held for Victims of Canyon Collision
Separate services were held for two victims of a head-on collision in Laguna Beach last week even as investigators returned to the accident scene...
Teens Push for Drug Drop Box
Thanks to the initiative of some high school students, a secure prescription drug drop box was installed this week outside the Laguna Beach Police...
Glasses Shop Envisions Eye Aid
Since its establishment in 1974 by master optician Udo Stoeckmann, European Optical, at 1276 S. Coast Highway, has served generations of Lagunans and over...
Healthy Girl Fest Features Sundance Film Documentary
“Miss Representation,” the film that exposes how mainstream media contributes to the underrepresentation of women in positions of power and influence in America, will...
Personnel File 4/12/13
Semifinalists Include Laguna’s Montage Founder
Alan Fuerstman, founder and chief executive of Montage Hotels and Resorts, is one of 27 semifinalists in the Ernst &...
Street Beat 4/12/13
Monday, April 1
Vandalism. 400 block of Pinecrest Dr. 4:19 p.m. Several teens are suspected of spraying graffiti on Dartmoor.
Fraud report. 200 block of S....
Services Set for Victims of Canyon Collision
Services will be held this week for the victims of last week’s double fatality car collision in Laguna Beach even as accident investigators re-inspect...
Let’s Hear it for Laguna’s Art Stars
Laguna Concert Band Director Ed Peterson won a $5,000 Inspiration grant for his proposal to produce an original score for an animated student film...
Debating Ways to Keep the Wheels Rolling
Laguna Beach’s City Council will consider options at Tuesday’s meeting on how to close a growing deficit from running transit services, whose costs have...
Investigators to Revisit Scene of Double Fatality
Accident investigators expect to return to the scene of a double fatality in Laguna Beach and will temporarily close Laguna Canyon Road between El...
Downtown, Cops Walk a New Beat
Whole Foods manager Richard Dinan was still talking to Laguna Beach police dispatchers, describing a shoplifter that had exited the store with more than...
Era Ends for Eclectic Auto Shop
By Justin Swanson | LB Indy
“Jerry was in a bad wreck when he was 18,” Jennifer Piper reveals about her late husband, the former...
Emergency Status Unlocks Sea-Lion Aid
With the federal government declaring the extraordinary number of starving sea lion pups along the Southern California coastline an “unusual mortality event,” the door...
Kindling Community in Dark Corners
By Robin Pierson, Special to the Independent
After spending more than 20 hours in the air, a group of local travellers dropped down in central...