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Let Laguna Chill Have you heard about the new grass-roots organization that has formed in Laguna? It’s not Let Laguna Vote, or Canyon Alliance of Neighborhoods Defense Organization, or even the recent Together Laguna Can Defeat Measure KK (medical marijuana dispensary). Nope,...

Mirror Mirror   Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the most enterprising school candidate of all? “Who’s asking?” It’s me, Crantz. I write the Pet Peeves column. “Oh, such dreck. But that’s a good thing because you never crack me up.” So, you’ll help me? The mirror hesitates....

Alright to be a Sister Now?               Once upon a time a very long time ago, or long enough ago, I was born. This was before birth control, women’s sportswear, or anyone used fitness in the same sentence as women. My mother that year was given a bonus. I guess the...

Push to Ban Smokes on Trails We need to get their butts out of there. The “butts” are cigarette refuse and “there” refers to the dry, flammable chaparral atop Aliso Peak and inland near the trail approaching Laguna Sur in Laguna Niguel. Those of us edgy about wild fires along our...

The public is welcome to join a celebration of the life of musician and educator Roger Shew at 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 25, in the Campus Theatre at Fullerton College, 321 E. Chapman Ave., in Fullerton. Born Dec. 26, 1974, Shew is survived by a son, Simon, and his wife, Jamie, with...

The 20th Annual Pet Parade and Chili Cook-Off is set for 11-3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 25, at Tivoli Too!, 777 Laguna Canyon Road. Laguna Board of Realtors and Affiliates Charitable Assistance Fund host the event where guests sample the work of chili chefs aspiring to capture th...

By Charlie Warner, Special to the Independent The Laguna Beach Classic Car Show pulls into town Sunday, Oct. 2, a 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. affair that features interesting cars and often interesting car owners alongside their vintage autos. The event will take place in the parking lot...

Crosscultural Council Honors Sally Rapuano   The South County Crosscultural Council honored Sally Rapuano, the founding 20-year director of an English as a second language program, at a retirement lunch recently. Rapuano started La Playa Center with one other ESL teacher at St....

May 2, 1938 – Aug. 13, 2016 Born and raised in Spokane, Wash., Joe Cyr is the son of Joe and Monnie Cyr. Cyr is survived by his daughter Cindy Cavignac, of San Diego, and sons, Jeff, of Newport Beach, and Chad, of Louisville, Ky.; brother Jim Cyr, of Seattle, Wash.; and eight...

Dawn Mariko Spurlock, born and raised in Laguna Beach, died peacefully at the age of 56 on Sept. 8, 2016, after a four-month battle against cancer. She is survived by her partner of many years, Asia Salet, her mother Marcia French, her brothers Jeff and Mark Spurlock, and...

After The Fed Meeting The Federal Reserve gave Wall Street an early Christmas present with its decision to leave interest rates alone for now. It marked this present as not to be opened until Christmas, when the Street expects it to boost rates, which would be the first increase...

St. Francis by the Sea Cathedral and its colorful history in Laguna Beach is the subject of the next Laguna Beach Historical Society program, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 20, at City Hall. The talk will focus on the early 1930s from its founding as an American Catholic churc...

By Christine Fugate, Special to the Independent This year, 15,000 kids will be diagnosed with some form of childhood cancer. One Laguna Beach family knows how devastating this diagnosis can be. In 2009, Susan and Steve Giusto’s daughter, Cathryn, was diagnosed with neuroblastoma,...

Where Will The Market Go? Investors and investment media spend enormous energies in asking and trying to answer where the stock market is headed. An elevator operator taking J.P. Morgan up to his office asked him. Mr. Morgan replied with his usual succinct accuracy, “It will...

More than 30 of Laguna Beach’s chefs, restaurants, vintners, and craft brewers will offer a broad selection of culinary samples at the 2016 Taste of Laguna, Wednesday, Sept. 21, beginning at 5:30 p.m. at Tivoli Too!, 777 Laguna Canyon Road. The Laguna Beach Chamber of Commerce...