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A proposed roof deck bar at the site of the old Coast Inn and Boom Boom Room sparked debate at the Planning Commission meeting last week on guidelines for historic renovation in the commercial zone and along scenic Coast Highway.

Persistence and patience have paid off for First Thursdays Art Walk businesses owners as they will be able to serve alcohol during the monthly event after all.

As early as next month, on a now vacant corner at Fourth Avenue and Virginia Way in South Laguna, a $70 million sewer tunnel project is due to get underway

The first-grader at Anneliese Schools in Laguna Beach first had to quiz her father about the salutation, not knowing the president’s surname. After her father supplied the answer, she kept writing: “ I am nervous about oil-spills and is there anything you can do?” which she then mailed to the White House with an address from the internet.

The Ranch, 31106 S. Coast Highway, will host a plethora of holiday events over the next week, its first holiday season since its restaurant reopened after extensive remodeling under new ownership.

By Cassandra Reinhart, Special to the Independent Erica Jones's voice changes when she talks about her brother, Aaron. "He is a kind person, and a great...

A concerned citizen pledged a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those involved in vandalizing trees at the Montage resort, Mayor Toni Iseman confirmed.

A witness who provided investigators with information about a person fleeing a suspicious fire in Laguna Canyon led to the arrest of a suspected arsonist, police announced Thursday.

Song, of La Mirada, bought the property in 2010 for $685,000 with the intent of building a family home. As it sat then, 1199 Lewellyn Drive was an abandoned lot reached from a ruggedly twisting long driveway off of Laguna Canyon. That is exactly how the once fire-ravaged 12-acre parcel still sits, steeply tucked below Skyline Drive.

Concerned citizens pledged a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those involved in vandalizing trees at the Montage resort,...

The owners of Laguna Drug have negotiated a deal to cede operations of the Broadway Street storefront to the CVS pharmacy chain, but city officials have so far rejected the arrangement.

Iseman has been mayor three times: first in 2003, then 2007, and 2011. After next week’s Dec. 13 meeting, she will take on the ceremonial role for the fourth time. This is her 18th year on City Council.

  When Chris Tebbutt and his husband Bob Fouhy relocated from Boston to Laguna Beach a year ago, Tebbutt says the language he encountered on...

Neighbors seized a chance to quiz the architect behind the latest proposed restoration of the historic Coast Inn, gathering last week in the defunct gay haven, the Boom Boom Room nightclub.