The Lead

The Rev. Rod Echols, the new minister at Neighborhood Congregational Church, expresses a passion for “progressive Christianity,” and he thinks it’s the key to growing the church founded in 1943. “It means we can’t stand by. We must speak to the issues happening around us,” he said in defining what the concept means to him.

Laguna Beach residents with ties to Houston share their anxiety over how loved-ones are coping and a local store offers a donation to hurricane relief.

In one of the largest home burglaries in Laguna Beach in years, a property manager was arrested for allegedly breaking into a vacation home...

The painting looks stained and frayed at the edges. Haphazardly stored in the basement home of Laguna Beach artist G. Ray Kerciu for decades, he wagers that it might even have been sprinkled with a bit of rat pee. And yet, it has suddenly emerged as the piece de resistance that the artist added at the last minute to a one-man show, “G. Ray Kerciu: A Radical Retrospective.”

Chronic absenteeism in Laguna Beach schools rose to 11 percent in the last school year, up from 9 percent the year before. That rate outpaces the absence rate in neighboring districts, though it falls just short of the statewide average.

The Festival of Arts plans to roll out the red carpet for its end-of-season celebrity gala on Saturday, Aug. 26, which will feature a performance by nine-time Grammy award winning trumpeter, songwriter and music executive Herb Alpert and an appearance by actor Brian Cranston, who will act as commentator during the Pageant of the Masters production.

City Council members upheld a decision by the Planning Commission with their own unanimous vote Tuesday, effectively blocking CVS from opening a second store in the city’s downtown.

By Cassandra Reinhart and Andrea Adelson | LB Indy Nearly 300 officers deployed by 17 agencies maintained peace at a Main Beach demonstration of 2,500...

      New information and photos were added to this article Monday, Aug. 21. Hundreds of demonstrators, reacting to the eruption of violence in Virginia last weekend,...

Locally, Laguna Beach will be able to view between 60% and 70% of the obscuration of the sun by the moon,

The surprising resignation of jazz band teacher Matt Witek, just weeks before the start of the new school year, has some parents wondering whether district administrators truly value the music program.

By Cassandra Reinhart, Special to the Independent Laguna Beach police say they are ready for two rallies this weekend that could bring hundreds of clashing...

Harding is talking about the possible impacts the newly approved 28-unit artist work/live compound directly adjacent to her property will have on Laguna Canyon. The project was given the green light at the Aug. 9 meeting of the California Coastal Commission,

The oldest protestor at most local political rallies is sitting out demonstrations planned in Laguna Beach. The vibe reminds her of the Nazi era she experienced firsthand.

By Loreen Berlin - Special to the Independent Local artists currently exhibiting their specialties in the Festival of Arts also applied their talent to other...