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Laguna Beach Chamber of Commerce singled out for awards individuals and local merchants for their community contributions to be honored at a dinner Friday,...

Marty Scott Gray, an internationally collected artist, avid surfer, and 33-year resident of Laguna Beach, transitioned on New Year’s Day after a battle with...

Virginia L. (“Virgie”) Hunt succumbed Jan. 15 to lung cancer at the age of 91. Hunt was a local Laguna Beach business owner for...

Benchwarmers I felt a real pull of the heartstrings after reading the Indy’s “Bench Warms Seats, Teaches Empathy.” It’s about a hand-painted bench at El...

After The Inauguration  After the November elections, the stock market came out of the doldrums with a nice rally based on prospects of government policies...

Editor, The long-envisioned trail from South Laguna to the picturesque Woods Canyon has become a distant memory, it seems. Mark Christy, and lead partner at...

Editor, This letter is in response to “Locals Sign on for Women’s March” in the Jan. 6 edition. First, let me say, it is with great...

Editor, Thanks to the Indy for highlighting Carrie Reynolds’s new role as an activist (“Locals Sign on for Women’s March,” Jan. 6 edition).  I’ve never...

Editor, I was disappointed, but not surprised, to read the article by Michael Ray about his recent visit to Buenos Aires.  Although expecting an objective...

Editor, As others who use Nextdoor, I, too, received images of a snare trap and fear messages about coyotes. Upon checking, the city and police department corroborated "We currently do not have...

The Beautiful Ones Happy New Year. I’ve been pondering death a lot lately, what with another trip around the sun and the spate of heartbreaking...

SoLag Resident Sounds Off Instead of making a list of personal resolutions for the coming year, I have made a list of resolutions that I...

Janus, January, and an American Hero   The holiday lights that festooned the village have come down. Santa no longer drives the city trollies. January has...

The Live for Others Foundation, established by founder Tim Vorenkamp of Laguna Beach to find a cure for the cancer that took his life...