The Lead

Jerry Lowenter, 84, boards a city trolley with Cassie, his seeing-eye dog, after riding from Top of the World to do business in town. Gary Schwager rides the bus, but finds city signage about routes unclear and confusing. Elaine Nadalin can’t afford a car and live in Laguna Beach.

This weekend will mark the beginning of religious celebrations for Christians and Jews. For Jews, Passover’s first seder is April 10 and for Christians, special services and commemorations will take place on Palm Sunday, April 9, Maundy Thursday, April 13, Good Friday, April 14, and Easter Sunday, April 16.

A new study verifies that 6.3 million people visited Laguna Beach last year, and most of them are locals.

County health officials act to stem an outbreak of measles by imposing a quarantine on seven unvaccinated Laguna Beach High School students, including the one who contracted the illness.

Reports from the public noting the whereabouts of a young sea lion entangled in rope helped rescuers locate and free the sea mammal in...

An avid wave rider and 25-year ocean environmentalist, Babski’s die-hard coastal commitment began as a result of his dedication to surfing. In the late 1980s this passion led him to non-profit volunteerism that would aid local coastal causes.

A proposal for footpaths connecting streets in the Temple Hills neighborhood of Laguna Beach prompted a discussion about historical integrity, safety and privacy at Tuesday’s City Council meeting.

Players on the Laguna Beach High softball team stride onto the field with a fresh enthusiasm this season, an emotional shift from the embarrassment they felt when games were called early under so-called “mercy rules” when their opposition ran up huge leads.

After two decades as the award-winning chef of Antonello's in Costa Mesa, Franco Barone’s loyal following gave him the confidence to take the culinary plunge and open his own restaurant with his wife, Donatella, in 2009.

Winning entries in the sixth annual photo contest by the Laguna Bluebelt Coalition, dedicated to marine habitat preservation, captures the quicksilver nature of a shoreline that constantly changes.

Laguna Beach ceramic artist Marlo Bartels transforms a pathway in a housing development in Brea with whimsy, history and flashes of color.

Two teens that abandoned their crashed and stolen car and evaded a police manhunt on the ground and from the air for six hours...

  This week, parents, staff and students in each of the four Laguna Beach schools were sent an email link to a confidential survey about...

the Laguna Beach Arts Commission is seeking more professional expertise from artists, architects, designers, curators, art historians and members of visual arts organizations as part of a public art review panel, the city manager’s report announced last week.

By Cassandra Reinhart, Special to the Independent If owning a historical home in Laguna Beach is like collecting art, the city wants to add another...