Town Crier

It’s time to end the divisiveness in Laguna. We have a new city council, a new city attorney and a new city manager coming. There...

Editor, Michael McFadden, owner of Rock Martin Jewelry on Forest Avenue, wrote a strong letter of opposition to the trial street closures voted in by...

Bureau Staffer Receives Leadership Award Ashley Johnson, marketing director of the Laguna Beach Visitors & Conference Bureau, has been selected as “one of the 30...

Editor, Just Add Water? I am not a trained firefighter but I am a skilled waterman. Strategically applied, water puts out fire. Sometimes we can combine a few...

Listening to U2 “What if God is even greater than we think? We can have God neatly wrapped up in our heads...

Happiness is Found in the Ordinary By Melissa Harris  Many years ago, I was the victim of a violent crime. In the moments that I was...

      By Jean Stern, Special to the Independent Laguna Beach is widely know as an Artists’ Colony, and today, looking at the abundance of art galleries, one would...

April 4, 1954 – Dec. 15, 2017 Steven Paul Duncan passed away Friday, Dec. 15, 2017, at the age of 63, surrounded by his entire...

Michael Ray spends over 500 words in his column trying to convince us that Liberate Laguna isn’t what we think it is, a Political...

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...

Thirteen years ago, after three years in Laguna Beach, I was driven out by overpriced real estate and greedy landlords. I landed in Dana...

My first disagreement with Billy Fried was his denigration of Ralph's, my town square. I go there every day. I am greeted in every...

                      By Mark Chamberlain, Special to the Indy In the Spring of 1989, my partner Jerry Burchfield and I, with the help of scores of dedicated...

Editor, The community response to the school board rescinding the calendar change should cause the community to stand up and take notice! Many see this...

Greetings from Earnings Season Both the Dow Jones Industrials and the S&P 500 broke their streak of nine straight positive quarters three weeks ago as the...