Town Crier

No one loved Laguna Beach more than Andy Hedden. He was born on May 4, 1957, in Long Beach, and had to wait three interminable...

A Facebook in the Crowd Facebook is back in the headlines with its public stock sale coming in a week. This promises to be a...

Editor:   I am writing to urge support of the project to install a traffic signal and increase the safety on North Coast Highway at the...

Editor: (This letter was also addressed to city representatives.)   Which is to have thousands and thousands of other commuters wait while Emerald Bay casually exits its...

Editor,   Last night while walking on Forest Avenue after dinner my wife and I (along with several others) witnessed a loud verbal shouting match involving...

Editor,   The bicycle safety committee of Newport Beach voted Monday, May 7, to install bicycle safety sharrows on Pacific Coast Highway. In related developments, the...

Editor, Too often the public becomes disenchanted with government activism, so it is refreshing to see the Laguna City Council using common sense and acting...

Good Intentions "L'enfer est plein de bonnes volontés et desires.” (Hell is full of good wishes and desires).” --St Bernard of Clairvaux.   Over the weekend I...

From Bongos To Head Banging To Maxiwhacking By Andy Hedden Originally published in 2005. It all started when my Aunt Pat gave me a set of...

Making Memories for Mom   I’ll let you in on a secret: Mother’s Day is not my favorite holiday. There’s something about forced recognition that, well,...

The 40th annual Village Laguna Charm House Tour is scheduled for Sunday, May 20. The tour, featuring five of the town’s most interesting homes,...

A Meditation With Roots “I always think of my sins when I weed.  They grow apace in the same way and are harder still to...

Save the Environment With a Drive-Thru Surterre Properties invites anyone with unwanted electronics and paper to drive through the Laguna Beach School District parking lot,...

By Robin Pierson and Pam Wicks, Special to the Independent After viewing moving slides taken on a spiritual trip to India, the Neighborhood Congregational Church...