Clinic Finds a New Ally in AIDS Fight
By Donna Furey | LB Indy
As the Laguna Beach Community Clinic prepared to offer free testing during an annual World AIDS Day promotion this...
Crystal Cove Christmas
“Two weeks since the Pearl Harbor attack. Hard to feel much holiday cheer.” Mother keeps stirring the fudge as she turns down “White...
Jury Splits Its Decision in Teacher’s Lawsuit
By Rita Robinson
A jury awarded retired science and biology teacher Barbara Joan McKnight $50,000 in damages against the Laguna Beach Unified School District last...
New Mayor to Take a Stand on San Onofre
By Jennifer Erickson | LB Indy
In one of his first actions as the newly selected mayor of Laguna Beach, Bob Whalen pushed for a...
Holiday Happenings
A Return of the Most Hospitable Night of the Year
Street closures begin at 3:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 5, in downtown Laguna Beach in anticipation...
Reindeer Retrace Their Footsteps
Little did local actors Ava Burton and Mark Miller know when they first planned it, how timely their second staging of The Reindeer Monologues, which...
Wedding Night Tryst Postponed by Arrest
Rap artist, actor and television host Alvin Nathaniel Joiner, better known by his stage name Xzibit, was arrested in Laguna Beach after his own...
Laguna’s Ex-City Manager Receives an Unexpected Gift
By Jennifer Erickson | LB Indy
A small park created in 2012 at a trailhead off of Park Avenue was formally named the Kenneth Frank...
Concert Band Performs in Holiday Spectaculars
The 70-plus community members of the Laguna Concert Band, celebrating its 15th year, concludes its 2014 performance schedule with holiday shows at the Balboa...
Nature Works Its Magic on At-Risk Kids
By Carol Carlson, Special to the Independent
What did Orange County look like before the arrival of the plow, the cow and the bulldozer? Most...
Shopping Local Pays Back on Saturday
By Jennifer Erickson | LB Indy
Small Business Saturday is the local merchants' response to Black Friday. Where the latter lures residents out to the...
Mind Over Matter
By Randy Kraft, Special to the Independent
When Robert Owens, the adopted son of now retired Orange County Superior Court Judge Claude Owens, first made...
Devout Artist Focuses Her Lens on Heaven
There was as time when Kerry Swank achieved acclaim making photographic portraits of members of California’s upper echelons. But, as it has turned out...
Tennis Court Repairs Hang On City Funding
By Rita Robinson | LB Indy
With a $1.4 million bid in hand, the Laguna Beach Unified School District will ask the city to ante-up...
Many Ways to Give Thanks
Share Thanksgiving Among Friends
Bring a favorite holiday dish and join friends and neighbors at noon on Thanksgiving Day for Laguna Beach’s traditional community feast,...