Ecstatic Over Earth Day
Earth Day celebration organized by Transition Laguna on Park Avenue between Coast Highway and the library drew hundreds of people to its habitats. The...
Guest Column
The Good Fight
This week marks the end of a 60-day period where Laguna Beach’s City Council gave us (who is us? Parents of skateboarders?...
Unlocking Three Arch Bay’s Secret Gardens
Magical gardens, the stuff of fairytales, exist in Laguna Beach if one knows where to look. Those with tickets to the Laguna Beach Garden...
Wisdom Workout
Have a Heart
This week, as I read our letters to the editor, I noticed that our reputation as a hospitable, tolerant, free-spirited environment seems...
Sharing a Gift of Insight
By Robin Pierson, Special to the Independent
In the midst of chaos and poverty of India, five Laguna Beach travelers recently received an abundance of...
Ed Drollinger
Ed Drollinger
Ed Drollinger, a rail-thin fixture at Laguna Beach’s public meetings and an often obsessive volunteer for several local organizations, died Saturday, April 21.
He...
Community Datebook
One Lane of Glenneyre Closed
Work on the Glenneyre Street parking structure required closure of the No. 2 southbound traffic lane on Glenneyre in front...
Spiritual Matters
Multi-faith Prayer Breakfast Set
The Laguna Beach Interfaith Council invites all residents and guests to its fifth annual prayer breakfast corresponding with the National Day...
Newsmakers
New Executive Director Wanted
Pacific Marine Mammal Center is seeking for a permanent executive director effective July 1 for a 32-hour per week post.
The organization...
Hot Dish
Savoring a Trip Too Long Overlooked
It is hard to fathom that only weeks ago Eva’s Caribbean Kitchen in South Laguna was closed due to...
Eavesdrops
The Apples and the Tree
Pop, the kids can’t go to the game with you on Sunday
Because there’s a rehearsal for a church play
And they...
Taking Stock
Nix to Bricks
Stocks continue to bounce around in response to new quarterly earnings reports and in reaction to their decent advance over the last...
Checking In
Keeping it Blue
Is it just my imagination, or are there measurably more fish in our Laguna waters than a few years ago? While there are...
A Flight Into the Past
Aviation author Barbara H. Schultz animates the next Laguna Beach Historical Society program Tuesday, April 24, at City Hall with tales about historic aviators...
Dive Instructor Ignored Warning
Editor,
The multi diver rescue mentioned in your April 13 article “Instinct Saves a Life" shows the value and courage of people like Mr. McErlane...