Visiting the Wilderness in Laguna’s Backyard
By Ron Chilcote
Perhaps the most pristine and precious of all the canyons in the Laguna Coast Wilderness Park, Laurel Canyon nestles in a hollow...
Walking Away From It All On the PCT
One man's attempt to find healing by hiking the 2,660 mile Pacific Crest Trail
By Dashel Pierson Plesa, Special to the Independent
To his mother’s disbelief,...
Phoenix Rising: A Brief History of LCAD
By David Randel, Special to the Independent
This account of the school that became the Laguna College of Art & Design, prepared to honor its...
Discovering Heisler’s Not so Hidden Treasures
Arts Commission members will lead walking tours of the public art in Heisler Park on Friday, Sept. 20, between 4 and 5:30 p.m.
Leaving every...
Fourth of July Limelight
Fourth of July Fun in South Laguna
About 50 people gathered for South Laguna's eighth annual Fourth of July Parade last week where families and...
Stand-Out Entries Reap Parade Honors
The following is a list of winning entries in the 54th edition of the Patriots Day Parade, which took place despite showers and cool...
Globe-circling With the Indy
Tuck the Indy in your bag and share a photo capturing your next adventure by sending a high-resolution image to lbindy.com.
A Race to Bring Out the Kid in Everyone
By Monica Petrova, Special to the Independent
El Morro Elementary’s jog-a-thon, one of the largest PTA fundraisers, is a day filled with dancing and running...
Still Winning Ovations in a 20-Year Run
Friendship, love, cliques and gangs, violence, drop-outs, haves and have nots, unintended pregnancy and booze keep fueling angst among teens and their parents regardless...
Ephemeral Sculpture Inspired by Dance
By Robin Pierson, Special to the Independent
Local artist Karen Feuer-Schwager has transformed humble used tea bags into the inspiration for the choreography, costumes and...
New Artists Enliven Summer Festivals
With the Festival of Art nearing its 80th year and the Sawdust Art Festival and Art-a-Fair well into their middle-ages, the arts organizations still...
Making Movies In Laguna
As film lovers flock to see the Newport Beach Film Festival’s 350-film line-up showing through May 5, The Indy rewinds for readers a...
A Little Off the Top
By Andy Hedden, Special to the Independent
Just ask Sampson. Getting a bad hair cut can have devastating results. Any man worth his salt knows...
’11 Grads Weave Their Own Path
As Laguna Beach High School’s graduating seniors paraded into the Irvine Bowl last week through evergreen arches held aloft by younger versions of themselves,...
Indy Globetrotters
Send readers a postcard with a highlight from your travels. Pack an Indy and send a hi resolution image to www.lbindy.com. We’ll do our...