Laguna Music Fest’s New Director Strikes a Different Chord
Laura Ricker volunteered her talents as an event organizer of the 2012 Laguna Beach Music Festival and signaled that if the director’s job became...
Council Appoints View Committee/ DRB Members
By Jennifer Erickson | LB Indy
The City Council Tuesday appointed the first five members of the new View Restoration Committee, established to arbitrate claims...
Charges Filed in Laguna Beach Traffic Deaths
Prosecutors filed criminal charges against two motorists last week in two separate traffic fatalities that occurred in Laguna Beach in 2014, police said today.
In...
Bright Convicted in Friend’s Stabbing
By Andrea Adelson | LB Indy
Former classmates Jensen Gray and Ryan Tyler Bright remained in touch long after their graduation from Laguna Beach High...
Laguna Steps Up the Pace for Safer Streets
By Rita Robinson | LB Indy
Tragedy is often the catalyst for official action to an obvious problem. And grant money helps, too.
Local advocates have...
City Stops Volleying in Tennis Court Dispute
Emphasizing that the benefits do not justify the expense, the Laguna Beach City Council benched a request to pay for the majority of a...
Dump Clean-Up Costs Keep Rising
By Jennifer Erickson | LB Indy
The bill for the clean up and restoration of a decades-old dump site in a Laguna Canyon ravine that...
Commission Rejects Appeals, Allows Ranch Renovation to Proceed
After a five-hour hearing, the California Coastal Commission voted 9-1 Thursday to grant a local coastal development permit to allow Laguna Beach resident Mark...
Amid Rebuilding, Team Still Aims to Win
After losing its entire starting five to graduation, the Laguna Beach High School basketball team is, perhaps for the first time in the nine-year...
Clunkers Roll Up to the Clinic
Each year the Laguna Beach Community Clinic receives about a dozen cash gifts via Center for Car Donations, an organization that collects unwanted cars,...
New Year’s 2001: A Short Story
Editor’s Note: This week’s digest entries mark the final installment of submissions by writers in film director and local resident Christine Fugate’s writing workshop....
People Who Will be Missed in 2015
By Donna Furey | LB Indy
Lives Cut Short
Nina Fitzpatrick, 22, died last April after being struck by a motorist who told police she didn’t...
Explore What Inspires Artists
Explore the artist colony Laguna Beach with Open Studios on Saturday, Jan. 3, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
During this free event, art enthusiasts are...
Laguna Police Make Arrest in Fatal Hit and Run
A Valencia man died as a result of a hit and run collision on New Year's Day in Newport Beach. A taxi driver was arrested for suspicion of felony hit and run nearby, in Laguna Beach.
Projects Under Scrutiny
By Jennifer Erickson | LB Indy
Two high profile local development projects held in limbo last year due to appeals by opponents move closer to...