Festival of Arts Opens Despite Wild Fire
The Festival of Arts opened despite a brush fire breaking out less than a mile away in Laguna Canyon last Friday, July 3.
The quick...
Skateboard Park Still a Pipedream
The idea of an in-town skateboard park has gone from a promise made 25 years ago to what supporters today say may be a...
Appeal Halts Cutting of Fire Breaks
A plan to thin brush on land deemed “extremely dangerous” in Nyes and Oro Canyons was stymied last week by an appeal to the...
Council Opens Tap on Water Reuse
With residents hauling buckets to their yards with water captured in warming showers and state parks and beaches this week turning off their outdoor...
Young Teacher Learns Their Language
Not far from the town’s center, men waiting for work congregate at the day labor hiring area on Laguna Canyon Road. This summer, on...
Turning Down the Tap
Christopher Regan celebrated his 49th birthday by taking a long shower.
Regan, assistant general manager of the Laguna Beach County Water District, just got back...
Braving a Catalina Crossing
Tom Hale aims to swim from Avalon on Catalina Island to Laguna Beach next month alongside his daughter Faith, gaining a little recognition for...
View Committee Clears its First Dispute
Laguna's fledgling View Restoration Committee settled their first case on Monday, July 6, effectively restoring the view of Pinecrest Drive homeowners Roxane and Robert...
Blaze Stokes Old Fears
Initially, Penny Milne thought the sound she heard outside her Arroyo Drive home was heavy rain. After a startling explosion followed, likened by another...
Update: Mayor Pushes to Ban Above Ground Power Lines
After witnessing a brush fire in Laguna Canyon caused by a tree falling and damaging Southern California Edison power lines, Mayor Bob Whalen called...
Human Error Led to Sea Lion Poisoning
Investigators determined that an employee’s unintentional mistake accidentally over-chlorinated a Pacific Marine Mammal Center pool in April that injured 17 sea lions and have...
Fire Sparks Call to Ban Power Lines in Laguna Beach
After witnessing a brush fire in Laguna Canyon caused by a tree falling and damaging Southern California Edison power lines, Mayor Bob Whalen called...
Court Ruling Affirms Local Couples
Friday, June 26, "was probably one of the most thrilling days of my life," said former Laguna Beach Mayor Bob Gentry, referring to the...
A Radical Rises Again
Laguna Beach artist G. Ray Kerciu believes political correctness motivated South Carolina’s governor to call for the removal of the Confederate flag from the...
In the Footsteps of the Dalai Lama
The streets were newly paved. A shelter was built to protect hundreds of visitors descending on the tiny Tibetan refugee village from the unrelenting...