Cooking Up a Foodie’s Dream Come True
As good cooks know, there’s a fine line between a sauce that blends together and one that curdles. Besides having the right ingredients, timing...
Video Inspires Underwater Awe
An educational video featuring Laguna Beach’s Marine Protected Areas was released this week by the Laguna Bluebelt Coalition, five organizations whose mission aims to...
Sea Lion Freed by Rescuers
A rescue team from Laguna Beach successfully freed an adult sea lion entangled in fishing line and also rescued a sick sea lion pup...
Ecstatic Over Earth Day
The Earth Day celebration organized by Transition Laguna on Park Avenue between Coast Highway and the library drew hundreds of people to its habitats....
Locals Greet the Season
Photos by Mary Hurlbut
Sampling a Hospitality Night Tradition
Go into the kitchen and see a behind the scenes video of tamale making sold on Hospitality...
School Board Candidates Out for Votes
Candidates for school board share their viewpoints at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 11, at Top of the World school, the only scheduled forum before...
‘Rumors’ Will Fly at LBHS
Laguna Beach High School’s Park Avenue Players finish their year with the staging of Neil Simon’s hit comedy “Rumors.”
The show opens in the Artists’...
Amateur Video Hits Extra Points for Principal
Buick devised the competition to show that NCAA athletes are about more than points and playoffs. Contestants were required to submit a mini-documentary, up...
Community Datebook 7/26/13
Master Gardener Sows SEEDS
City Council member Toni Iseman awarded junior master gardener certificates recently to Laguna Beach elementary school students Katelyn Kolberg, Keala Henry,...
Whale Gives Rescuers the Slip
By Ben Bodart, Special to the Independent
Rescuers, forced by nightfall to quit efforts to cut lines entangling a whale spotted near Laguna Beach on...
Author Sprints for Literacy
Laguna Beach resident Dennis Yang, who has written over 110 children stories under the pen name Papa Didos, finished a 3,281-mile cross-country journey last...
Candidates Amp Up Their Message
Next week local households can expect to see a surge in political literature in their mailbox from candidates making a special effort to capture...
Disaster? Citizens to the Rescue!
“I’m bleeding, I’m bleeding,” yells a disaster victim sprawled on a staircase. Two people respond to the cries and evaluate the extent of the...
Staff videographer Ted Reckas attended last summer’s final Bluebird Park concert.
The outdoor event is a great way to cap off the weekends throughout July and August. Locals and visitors show up hours ahead of...
Hometown Girl Receives Royal Treatment
Hundreds turned out for a pool party welcoming Olympic gold medalist Annika Dries last Saturday.