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Icon Passes to Next Generation

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  After his father’s death, Stefan Andersen resumed hotel management studies and a part-time job as banquet manager at a 450-room Marriott in Denver. He...

City Readies for El Niño

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A downpour earlier this week let loose a few rocks and slick roads resulted in an overturned car, but city staff are feverishly preparing...

Architect Mark Singer Dies

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The Laguna Beach staff of noted local architect Mark Singer, who for 30 years has designed award winning homes, art galleries and commercial properties...

El Niño Brings Endless Summer

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A long stretch of warm ocean water combined with humidity and rare summer rainstorms are creating some unusual winners and losers along the Laguna...

Tsunami Waves to Arrive From Chile

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A tsunami swell generated by an 8.2 earthquake in Chile was forecast to arrive in Southern California in the pre-dawn darkness about 4:45 a.m....

Changes Afoot for Art College’s Biggest Fundraiser

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For a quarter of a century, Collector’s Choice, the Laguna College of Art and Design’s yearly fundraising event, has been shoehorned into the school’s...

Schools Rank High in New Tests

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Laguna Beach Unified School District ranks second in Orange County for overall percentage of students meeting or exceeding new state assessment test standards, the...

Officer’s Memory Sparks a Family Affair

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On Sept. 11, 2001, as Jon Couchie watched on television as planes obliterated the Twin Towers, he bade his co-workers farewell. “I am going...

Schools Reopen with New Staff, New Classes

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A record number of new teachers opened their doors to 3,037 students enrolled in four Laguna Beach Unified District schools this week. Since July 1,...

Laguna Lifeguard Rescues Reach a Record

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Guards Brace for a Hurricane Swell this Weekend After playing in the tidepools with his 9-year old son on Labor Day, actor Shane Brolly took...

Montage Passes Into Blackstone’s Hands

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Strategic Hotels & Resorts, Inc., which owns the Montage resort in Laguna Beach and the Ritz Carlton Laguna Niguel in Dana Point as well...

Council Nixes Widening Canyon Road

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In rejecting adding new traffic lanes to Laguna Canyon Road, the City Council Tuesday instead endorsed pursuing a minimalist approach to improving the town’s...

Suit Stokes Resentment Over Rising Homelessness

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A new lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of the homeless population of Laguna Beach reignited controversy brewing in the...

Theater’s Hidden Murals to Undergo Restoration

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His paintings hang in major museums, including the Laguna Art Museum, and countless galleries specializing in historic California art. A weighty tome titled “Edgar...

City Appeals to Edison to Bury Lines

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  Laguna Beach Mayor Bob Whalen and Southern California Edison President Pedro J. Pizarro met face-to-face last week to discuss the public-safety risk of the...