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An emergency generator at Providence Mission Hospital spilled an estimated 290 gallons of diesel into the storm drain and then onto the sand at...

A couple of issues stood out when Police Chief Paul Workman provided City Council with an overview of downtown policing practices last week. One...

Signs of life are visible within Laguna Beach’s only movie theater, a landmark building that closed 16 months ago and is expected to reopen shortly. There is new carpet in the lobby and a giant popcorn maker gleaming just inside the front doors. Painters are dodging ladders and caution tape, working to meet the slated opening date.

By Barbara McMurray, Special to the Independent Venice has Muscle Beach, where the ultra-fit gather to pump and preen. Now, Laguna Beach has its own,...

  Public sentiment skewed to extremes as Laguna Beach spent months fine-tuning and redrafting its view ordinance, which took effect last December. Some residents predicted a...

The local Democratic Club’s opens its headquarters for debate watching at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 26, in the former Boom Boom Room night club, 1401 S. Coast Highway. The 90-minute debate starts at 6 p.m. PST.

With Californians cutting water use by only 2.8 percent this February compared to a year ago, local water districts are gearing up for state-mandated...

The death of a bicyclist on Pacific Coast Highway at Crystal Cove this past Sunday, Oct. 19, solidified the decision of a regional bike...

Laguna Beach resident Douglas Hodge and Newport Coast resident Michelle Janavs pleaded guilty Monday in Massachusetts federal court to conspiracy charges for their roles in the college admissions scandal.

Updated: The county coroner identified the woman who was swept out to sea from the rock-covered shoreline north of Victoria Beach Wednesday night as Chia...

The artists who carved a wooden likeness of Laguna Beach greeter Eiler Larsen hopes to restore it.

An eager crowd of music lovers packed every chair, the edge of the stage, the aisles and the tiny foyer of the Marine Room...

Troy Phillips roamed around south Orange County for 11 years, landing on beaches, behind bushes, on a bench, wherever he could for as long as he could until he was asked or forced to “move on.” He came to Laguna Beach often, usually to grab a meal at the city’s overnight shelter in Laguna Canyon.

  Kaitlin Gunsolley is a go-getter. Even so, the jazz-dancing, flute-playing, 4.0 seventh-grader at Laguna Beach’s Thurston Middle School shines in October. For the sixth year,...

Indy readers provide the best chance for giving two cats a chance to live out their nine lives. Local resident Rachel Uchizono’s Savannah cat, Bubsy,...