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Laguna Beach High School’s women’s shortboard team won the crown as team champion at the Scholastic Surf Series high school state championship Saturday, April 21 in Oceanside. Under light winds and four-foot surf, 14 high school teams competed, with many LBHS students doing...

Harley Rouda and Hans Keirstead, candidates from Laguna Beach running for Congress in California’s 48th district, face off tonight Monday, April 23, in the final in a series of four debates hosted by Indivisible OC 48, a progressive grass-roots group. The forum takes place at 7...

Side Deal hopes for a similar triumph in returning to the Newport Beach Film Festival to perform during the opening night gala party on Thursday, April 26, in Fashion Island. It’s a coveted gig, but the band members are no strangers to high-profile events thanks to their past...

Seventy-five motorcycles cruising Coast Highway on Sunday, April 15, made a big impression on Council member Toni Iseman.

The Laguna Beach City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to move forward with creating a public art concept at the long-awaited village entrance, allocating an additional $100,000 from the city's art-in-lieu fund for a $180,000 artist honorarium.

Mayor Pro Tem Rob Zur Schmiede took up scissors at the Thalia Street beach access Tuesday, April 17, snipping a ribbon to mark the return of public access to one of Laguna’s favorite surf breaks.

“50 Years of Preservation,”a documentary which chronicles the history of the Laguna Greenbeltand reveals the conflicts that influenced Laguna Beach,will premier at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 24 at the Susi Q Community Center, 380 Third St. The star of the film, Jim Dilley, a...

“50 Years of Preservation,” a documentary which chronicles the history of the Laguna Greenbelt and reveals the conflicts that influenced Laguna Beach, will premier at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 24 at the Susi Q Community Center, 380 Third St. The star of the film, Jim Dilley, a...

By Allison Jarrell, Special to the Independent The Laguna Beach Unified School District will survey students, parents and staff about potential changes in the school calendar after hearing from dozens of impassioned parents who voiced opposition to an earlier school start at a...

An effort by hospital personnel to save a patient from an apparent suicide attempt at Mission Hospital Laguna Beach was unsuccessful, police and hospital officials reported Tuesday, April 17. Such a tragedy is a rare occurrence, which last occurred at the facility in 2009, said...

Leaders at Mission Hospital Laguna Beach want you to know and are offering a free course to help people recognize an opioid overdose and training on how to administer Naloxone (or Narcan), a medication that can reverse the effects of an overdose and save a life.

Every year, the Newport Beach Film Festival receives more than 3,000 submissions, but only accepts about 10 percent. The rest are indeed cut.

Dozens of residents who attended a city-led open house at the Community Center on Wednesday, April 11, witnessed some heated exchanges between opponents and advocates of the city’s proposal to fund undergrounding of utilitiesin Laguna Beach.

Michael Kotick, a candidate in California's 48th Congressional District, endorsed the bid by fellow Laguna Beach Democrat Harley Rouda to unseat incumbent Rep. Dana Rohrabacher in the November midterm election.