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    Top of the World Elementary School students enrolled in the Community Learning Center (CLC) partnered with the Illumination Foundation to help raise funds and...

Year Ended I decided to do group therapy. There was me and a roomful of therapists. The first session went like this.   “Ah-huh, Ah-huh, Ah-huh,...

The Laguna Beach American Legion Auxiliary Unit 222 sewed 154 Christmas stockings to send to Words of Comfort, Hope and Promise, a San Clement...

  Timely and Timeless   “Fate carries its own clock,” Pearl Bailey, “The Raw Pearl” (1968)    The first few weeks of the New Year have most of...

Neon holograms heralded the winter solstice in Laguna Beach. Mila’s mother decorated the walls around their Mystic Hills home with glow-in-the-dark red and blue...

“Maya!” Maya’s best friend Lacey came racing down the sidewalk and caught her in a hug. “Hey, I wasn’t sure you were coming. Taylor is here…”...

Aunt Olive was old, when old meant something else; she smelled slightly fusty, drank sherry before dinner, and wore hand knitted sweaters. On the...

The rugs are all rolled up and pictures no longer adorn the walls. The Christmas carols pouring from the stereo echo in the barren...

It wasn’t always like this. Once I had my place au soleil—admired, bringing Americans what we French call “joie de vivre.” After all, my provenance traces...

Welcome to the fourth annual Holiday Digest, a collection of fiction and non-fiction stories written by local writers who have studied with Christine Fugate. Her...

It’s that time of year again, when we look back and wonder, “What happened?” On my radio show last week, a guest surprised me...

The holidays are upon us. Many still struggle with last minute shopping or writing those last holiday cards. On the other hand, some of...

Anne Frank’s recent letter ignores significant historical events and misses the mark. Historic Resources Element (HRE) of the Laguna Beach General Plan was adopted in...

Editor: Numbers don't lie.  I am a lifelong Democrat who wishes Hillary Clinton had won the election last month.  But she didn't.  Monday's electoral college...

Editor, Regarding the Independent's article (From Troubled Parcel, Emerges New Open Space) on the City's alleged purchase of Mr. Song's property at 1199 Lewellyn Drive, please...