New Mural Embellishes Sawdust Art Festival
Artist Rolland Berry creates the mural "Heritage" as a gift to the Sawdust Art Festival, which opens its 50th season next Friday, June 24.
Endangered Species Returns to Laguna Park
A group of captive bred and still endangered Pacific pocket mice are re-introduced to Laguna Coast Wilderness Park.
Laguna Playhouse Receives Grant for Education Programs
Laguna Playhouse has been awarded a grant of $5,000 from National Finance Partners (NFP) to provide support and for its year-round education programs.
City Mum on Voter Sentiment Survey
A survey to determine voter sentiment on city projects and proposals, including if residents are willing to foot the bill on a $180 million utility under-grounding project, is circulating through the email in-boxes of 6,000 Laguna Beach registered voters.
Champs at Last
By Bill Norris, Special to the Independent
After 78 years, the Laguna Beach High School baseball team finally got to have its dog pile.
The Breakers...
Primary Election Returns
Laguna Beach voters felt the same degree of “Bern” that the rest of Orange County voters were feeling last Tuesday.
Raising Toxic Questions
A panel of eight experts and activists will provide their solutions for moving radioactive nuclear waste from the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station at a 6 p.m. presentation Wednesday, June 8, in the City Council chambers.
Champs at Last
By Bill Norris, Special to the Independent
SAN BERNARDINO --- After 78 years, the Laguna Beach High School baseball team finally got to have its dog...
In Mock Trial, Fiction Comes to Life
It took Thurston Middle School students just an hour to unanimously convict Henry Tudor of murdering King Richard III in a mock trial last Friday, May 27.
New Employee Receives Special Perk
With at least one hurdle that confronts most residents, she will receive help. Dupuis is one of four City Hall executive administrators getting assistance from their employer to buy a home in town, said Gavin Curran, director of finance and information technology.
Time is Short to Appreciate Artist-Made Clocks
In a new twist on the old adage “time flies,” organizers of the city’s three art festivals and its tourism promoter have devised a...
Updated: Historic Win for Breakers Baseball
Breakers scored in the bottom of the ninth inning off a bases-loaded walk Tuesday, May 31, to win 5-4 and capture their first trip...
Whalen Campaign Now Underway
Bob Whalen told a crowd of 175 supporters that he seeks re-election to the Laguna Beach City Council in part because “there is no shortage of things to work on” to improve the town.
Memorial Day Highlights
Laguna Beach American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars will conduct their 89th Memorial Day ceremony in remembrance of military service personnel Monday, May 30.
Laguna Remembers Their Call to Duty
By 1941, both of the Shive brothers and Wess Balfour had graduated from Laguna Beach High School. Like so many grads since, they had grand plans after graduation: to find their way to Hawaii and the South Pacific to live in the tropical paradise, recalled the brothers’ sibling, Gary Shive, in 2001.