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  A memorial service will be held for photographer, gallerist and activist Mark Chamberlain at 2 p.m. Sunday, June 3, at Neighborhood Church, 340 St. Ann’s Dr. Chamberlain died on April 23, just weeks before the publication of “The Laguna Canyon Project,” a final endeavor in...

Steinle-Lamb Larry Thomas Steinle, of Laguna Beach, and Pamela Hunt Steinle, of Fullerton, announce the marriage of their daughter Aurora Hunt Steinle to Michael Quincy Gilkerson Lamb. The groom’s parents, Donald Quincy Lamb, Jr. and Linda Gilkerson, both live in Chicago. The...

Read the Personals   CHICKEN WHISPERER NEEDED IMMEDIATELY.  Help!  My chickens have stopped laying eggs.  I don’t know what to do! I have a farm, but my chickens won’t deliver.  Please, anyone who can speak to chickens, contact me.  #NoEggMan BRANAHOUGAN TRUCK DELIVERS – We...

The Sympathy Trap   Are you concerned that your caring about the complex problems of others is getting you down? Do you wish you could shut off the worry valve? When you can’t stomach hearing about another insurmountable problem, do you feel judgmental and irritated or...

Risk, Gain, Loss, All Four-Letter Words Four-letter words have a clouded reputation. “Good authors, too, who once knew better words/Now only use four-letter words” (Cole Porter, Anything Goes) Unfortunately, many investors view “risk” as a four-letter word to be avoided without...

Some Gave All The mayor is usually asked to give a speech at the Monument Point Memorial Day ceremony in Heisler Park.  In 1994 I was mayor so that request came to me. “What to say?” I wondered. “Here I am in this wonderful city, safe, with the worst attacks being verbal ones....

Medical Records Bill Moves Ahead Again  Imagine getting diagnosed for a disease like cancer and being told by your doctor that your medical records were destroyed without your knowledge?  Remarkably, except for a few isolated legal requirements, doctors do not have to hold onto...

What is the price tag for school safety in Laguna? It’s 4 a.m. and I should be dreaming about drinks with little umbrellas instead of writing about gun violence in our schools. I guess you could say the latest massacre that happened in Texas last week, where a teacher and...

Aug. 5, 1921 – May 17, 2018 By Christy Cones, Special to the Independent Bruce Hopping (a.k.a. “Brucey”, “Mr. B”, et al.) passed away peacefully just after midnight on Thursday, May 17. He is survived by his nephew and niece, Rick and Melissa Hopping, of New Jersey. Hopping was a...

Being Spiritual Over a century ago, in Los Angeles, a little-known Black evangelist named William J. Seymour started a revival on Azusa Street. The setting was humble, but he was a spirit-filled preacher and in his sermons, began to speak in unknown tongues. Others joined in and...

Laguna local Ann Shea will host a party in her home to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the Chhahari Hostel, which houses 19 children in central Kathmandu,Nepal. Chhahari, founded by local Christine Casey, supports and educates 23 orphans on a budget of $40,000 a year....

Dr. Donald Joseph Bédard died Wednesday, May 9, 2018, at his home in Seal Beach, Calif. He was 91 years old. Don was born on July 24, 1926, in Argyle, Minn., the first born of five children to Joseph and Grace Riopelle Bédard. The family moved to Red Lake Falls, Minn., in 1936...

Sideways Motions Halfway through the second quarter, the market has gone nowhere so far this year. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is where it started the year while the S&P 500 has eked out a 2% gain. A year ago, their gains at this point were 18% and 11% respectively. Each...

Penny Susan Steris, known to many as “Coach Penny,” passed away on May 5, 2018, at the age of 67 years. A California native, she lived in South Laguna for 50 years and had a positive impact on the community. As an avid seamstress during the ‘70s and ‘80s, she made...

Carbnb My wife has a favorite story she tells…  “Hey Debbie, there’s a homeless guy living in your car,” her friend announced while bringing in a case of beer.  It was early in the day to begin drinking, but then again it was college, a time of boundless highs and no regrets...