Town Crier

Editor, Thank you for the wonderful article featuring the Laguna Beach Lifeguard Tower in last Friday's issue of the Laguna Beach Independent. “Restoring The Town's Sentimental Sentinel” provided excellent...

Editor, This year’s Earth Day & Kelp Fest event was another successful Laguna happening thanks to all of the teamwork among the community in Laguna...

Editor, Re: "Easier Parking Tied to Quality Transit", April 19 edition. Two critical points were not covered in this article. They were raised during the Q&A...

Editor, Please send a big “hoorah” to Daniella Walsh for the wonderful story about Maggie Hempen (“Revving Up Girl Power,” April 26. I am honored...

Editor, Some of the local papers have had important articles recently.  There were reports on a planned new study about widening the horrible two-lane bottleneck...

“Let’s stop buying that s---!” Maggie Hempen, Healthy Girl Festival founder.   Like the student who stood in front of the tanks at Tiananmen Square, it...

Hits, Misses  & Forecasts Quarterly earnings reports fell upon a stock market ready to react. Which way to react was unclear as what seemed as...

by Chris Quilter     The City Council's decision to spend $50,000 on a transportation consultant to scrutinize our local transit system could not have come at...

The public is invited to the Laguna Beach Historical Society’s program about recently acquired historic images, which takes place Tuesday, April 30, at 7:30...

By Justin Swanson | LB Indy   When attorney Jennifer Zeiter moved to Laguna two years ago, she sought a philanthropic cause so that she might...

A French themed soiree to help fund the rehabilitation of victims of child trafficking in the U.S., will be held on Saturday, May 4,...

Prayer Breakfast Spotlights Homeless Advocate The Laguna Beach Interfaith Council’s sixth annual National Day of Prayer Breakfast is Thursday, May 2 from 8:30 to 9:30...

Prominent residents will share their personal stories of challenge and change during a 7 p.m. speaker series beginning Thursday, May 2, at Corona del...

DeWitt “Dewey” Hutchings Carson, 52, formerly of Laguna Beach, passed unexpectedly while on vacation in Machu Picchu, Peru on April 4, 2013. He was born...

  Charles D. Williams, known to all as “Charlie,” passed away on April 23, 2013 after a battle with cancer. He was 62. Williams was...