Creativity Flourishes on the Runway
By Loreen Berlin, Special to the Independent
A hushed crowd of appreciative attendees nearly forgot to applaud as models strutted the runway at the annual...
Design House Crowns a Laguna Hilltop
Welcome lookie-loos! Tis the season for house and garden tours and here’s one for a good cause. The annual Philharmonic House of Design, now...
Laguna’s Market Targets Educated, Healthy Consumers
With raw energy bars on display at her Healthy Cowboy Kitchen booth, Katie Burtino said she's often first mistaken as a vegan or raw...
Tales of the Watermen: Sun and Surf Take a Toll on Guards and Towers...
By Dale Ghere, Special to the Independent
The pros and cons of permanent lifeguard towers have become a subject of debate in recent months. I...
U.S. Surfing Open Marred by Melee
A wave of violence erupted in Surf City USA after the conclusion of the U.S. Open of Surfing on Sunday in Huntington Beach.
Local police...
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...
Spring Dance Festival Opens with Leaps and Bounds
Bevies of dancers that defy gravity with impossible reaches and soaring leaps provide proof of spring’s arrival in Laguna Beach. Beginning next Thursday, their...
Tuning Up a Cherished Scout Tradition
By Justin Swanson | LB Indy
Garbed in uniforms made of blue shorts and shirts and tied off with yellow kerchiefs, topped with blue caps,...
A Glimpse of a Coastal Jewel
Photos by Ron Chilcote
With the reopening of the Emerald Canyon Trail in the Laguna Coast Wilderness Park this month, we figured readers might enjoy...
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...
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...
Tread Lightly in a Sacred Place
Photos and Story by Ron Chilcote
In the Sycamore Hills of Laguna Canyon, now known as the James Dilley Greenbelt Preserve, the majestic old oaks...
Exploring the Backyard Wilderness
Photos and story by Ron Chilcote
Above El Morro Elementary School, at Laguna Beach’s northern edge, is a trail access entrance to the upper portion...
Limelight
Annual Gate and Garden Tour Explores North Laguna
Copious rain that precipitated tragedy in December yields a floral bounty in spring, vividly on display next...
Forever Young
Norma Young threw a birthday bash at her Woods Cove home commemorating 90 years of walking the planet and being a loving mother, talented...