Gold Stars
Local Business Earns Its Industry’s Praise
Laguna Beach’s Young Company was named to the BtoB Magazine’s annual list of the top business-to-business advertising agencies.
The agency...
Spring’s Rituals
Egg Hunt Planned for Kids
An annual Easter egg hunt will take place at 1 p.m. on Easter Sunday, April 8, at the Laguna Beach...
Culture Karma
Culture in a Coffee Cup
Writing is a solitary act so I often work at a café. I frequent several, taking comfort in the white...
A Race to Bring Out the Kid in Everyone
By Monica Petrova, Special to the Independent
El Morro Elementary’s jog-a-thon, one of the largest PTA fundraisers, is a day filled with dancing and running...
Wisdom Workout
Creating A Social Future
My eldest daughter, Lisa, shared a profound insight about the differing parenting experiences between herself and her sister Jennica. “Mom, I...
Is Laguna Bike Friendly?
Editor:
While teaching for UC Davis, I’ve enjoyed walking the streets of that quaint university town. I like Davis; the energy of the young reaching...
Taking Stock
A Good Apple
Apple celebrated the arrival of Spring with an eagerly awaited dividend announcement. Holders will receive a quarterly dividend of $2.65 a share...
A Swan Remembered
Lila Zali and the Laguna Beach Civic Ballet will reclaim the stage during the next Laguna Beach Historical Society program Tuesday, March 27, at...
San Clemente Tests Complete Streets
Editor,
Last Saturday City Council members from San Clemente took bicycles to Long Beach to "pedal, ponder, and probe the possibilities of a bicycle- and...
A Picture Says a 1,000 Words
Editor,
They say that a picture says a thousand words. I think that the photos on the fire in Bluebird Canyon (“House Saved From Brush...
Village Matters
It’s all connected
To reassure the reader who was concerned about the fate of the our late neighbor Paul Pflueger’s chickens mentioned in my last...
Correction
The article “Vandals Deface Laguna’s Memorial to 9/11” in the March 16 edition mistakenly reported the cost of the memorial for the victims of...
Mothering Heights
GROMS Be Gone
By Christine Fugate
4 p.m. Carpool time and I’m rushing from one place to another. Cello, homework club and back to the house...
Bob Henry, Robert Hoyk, James Harold Nelson
Bob Henry
Television Pioneer Dies
Bob Henry, a producer and director noted for his groundbreaking role in helping African American performers reach a broader audience, died...