A Jury Of Your Piers
You stroll on them to gain an unhindered vista of the shore. You fish from them, but most times all you catch is a cold. Sometimes you even jump off of them. Hard to believe that over the years at least seven piers jutted from Laguna’s coastline, all gone and some forgotten but an integral part of our history and landscape.
A Gift of Beauty Returns to the Sea
After five days of painstaking work to create an intricate circular painting of boldly colored sand, Tibetan monks visiting Laguna Beach brushed their masterpiece into a gray green pile and threw the remainder into the sea on Sunday.
How Did You Spend Summer Vacation?
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Musings on the Coast
Tribute to a Tragedy
This last Sunday in Heisler Park, precisely at 11 a.m. on Sept. 11, the 10-year dedication began with bagpipes playing...
At Mid-Century, College Remains a Work in Progress
The Laguna College of Art and Design celebrates its 50th birthday on Thursday, Sept. 15, with a reception and faculty exhibition at Seven Degrees...
Memories of Past Brooks Contests Stoke Excitement for the Next
On July 15, 1955, about 50 Laguna locals got together to hold a surfing contest at Brooks Street beach. None of those early pioneers...
Reclaimed Fashion Showcases the Versatility of Artists
Under eaves of stretched canvas, eight Festival of Arts exhibitors displayed elaborate couture of recycled materials, a runway event that pulled celebrity hosts, prominent...
Tunes & Tomes
Sound Spectrum
1264 S. Coast Highway
Top 10 Bestsellers
Dawes, Nothing Is Wrong
Bon Iver, Bon Iver
Stephen Marley, Revelation Part 2
Gillian Welch, Harrow & The Harvest
Jay Z &...
Wanted for Posterity: Views Erased By Time
Part 3
In recent weeks, the Indy came to the aid of authors Foster Eubank and Gene Felder in assembling content for the "Then and...
Home-grown Rituals Transform a Favorite Park
“It’s like time lapse photography,” said Laguna Beach resident Alice Harmon, describing the trickle of people arriving to deposit picnic gear at Bluebird Park...
Wanted for Posterity: Views Erased by Time (Part 2)
Authors on the hunt for ‘then’ and ‘now’ photo locations
By Gene Felder, Special to the Independent
Readers are likely aware of the 2009 book "Images...
Younger Guns Grab Skimming’s Top Prize
Vacationing in Laguna Beach with her family from Fredericksburg, Va., Catherine Squilliante delighted a surprised crowd as she out maneuvered more experienced riders in...
Lending a Hand to Assistance League
About 20 members of the Boys & Girls Club of Laguna Beach recently put their finishing touch on the renovation of the Assistance League’s...
Revisiting El Morro History
El Morro, from Joan Irvine Smith’s 2006 book "A California Woman's Story"
"In 1927, Robert Windolph, who provided propane to the coastal farmers, secured a...
’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,...