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To quell criticism over a vaguely worded measure to increase hotel guest taxes on the November ballot, the City Council decided to tighten up their stance.

Firefighters quickly put out a 20-acre grass fire.

Array of Events Mark 15th Anniversary

The public is invited to attend a 6 p.m. forum with candidates for school board Thursday, Oct. 6, in the Artists Theatre, 625 Park Ave.

Peggy Wolff may be a first-time contender running for a seat on the Laguna Beach school district board, but it hasn’t been far from her mind as an active volunteer and teacher over the last 19 years.

With the opening of Asada restaurant and Reunion Kitchen + Drink later this month, restaurateur Scott McIntosh hopes to end the high turnover of dining spots that has been the bane of the Boat Canyon shopping center in recent years. "I plan on being here for a good long time, and I want the locals to feel it's their spot," said McIntosh in a recent interview.

The public is invited to mark the end of summer among friends at the Monday, Sept. 5, Labor Day Exchange Club pancake breakfast in...

A fire-prevention bill written on behalf of Laguna Beach awaits the signature of Gov. Jerry Brown, who has until Sept. 30 to approve or veto the measure.

Sparks flew at the first City Council candidates’ debate when the subject of city employee pensions came up this past Monday, Aug. 26, at the Village Laguna forum in the council chambers. It was not a love match.

There’s life again at the village entrance, a highly visible and often-congested downtown corner where hundreds of people park their vehicles between a concrete flood channel and a chain-link fence.

An assist by elected officials helps the Plein Air Painters Assoc. near fundraising to match a public grant even as the organization plans for its next painting invitational next month.

Roger Shew, the popular jazz instructor in the Laguna Beach public schools, died eight months after his diagnosis with cancer.

Due to the high number of car crashes with utility poles at the Big Bend curve on Laguna Canyon Road, the city’s public works department is starting to remove the obstacles in a second round of construction that begins Tuesday, Sept. 6, the day after Labor Day, according to a city announcement. Outbound traffic will periodically shift to the middle lane at the Big Bend section of Laguna Canyon Road until 3 p.m. through Friday, Sept. 24.

Now, Shift Digital’s local employees can catch a few waves before work, and shower in the upstairs bath before heading down to the black and royal blue walled offices with polished concrete floors and rows of shiny white desks.

The Laguna Beach High School athletic field renovation is on schedule to finish a week before the first day of the new school year and will reopen to the public Wednesday, Aug. 31, school officials said this week.