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Editor, After attending the Thursday dress rehearsal for this year’s Pageant of the Masters, I reflected on how lovely the many contextualizing images were, especially...

Editor: Tuesday's DACA announcement stirs up much more in people than what to do with 800,000 young dreamers. It provides yet another excuse to call for...

In America, everyone is entitled to defend themselves and are presumed innocent until proven guilty.  So when I see residents wanting to act as the...

Get tips for making it through the holidays while grieving in a Grief at the Holidays workshop led by Rev. Jon Moore and Deborah...

Editor: The Citizens for View Preservation and Restoration (CVPR) has reviewed the view ordinance issued by the View Equity Committee on May 10, 2013. More...

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Holocaust survivor to speak at Chabad Jewish Center on Feb. 28 Chabad Jewish Center Laguna Beach will host 100-year-old Holocaust survivor Dr. Jacob Eisenbach on...

Biscuit Bomber Bob Mosier I am a regular at a small local cove in north Laguna. At its center is an old house that terraces...

Climb Every Mountain As a mountain path gains height, it usually gets narrower. Two years ago on March 6, 2009, the Dow Jones Industrial Average...

Editor, While I understand and sometimes share City Council’s frustration with absenteeism on the Design Review Board, it would appear that the simpler and less...

By Arnie Silverman June 2 marks the anniversary of the start of the Korean War.  On that date in 1950 armed forces from communist North...

By Josh Zimmerman, Special to the Independent   Lorraine Zimmerman, owner of legendary Fahrenheit 451 Books in Laguna Beach (1978-1988), of Collected Thoughts Bookshop in Berkeley...

Editor, The Laguna Resource Center gratefully received $7500 in unrestricted funds from the city of Laguna Beach community assistance grant. This important gift will be...

Thumbs Up for New Sustainability Committee I recently attended the reorganized and renamed Environmental Sustainability Committee (ESC).  The seven-person group meets at the Susi Q...

Why Won’t Village Laguna Debate? To all you nice, sweet ladies and men of Village Laguna (VL), so smart, dedicated and so sure that what...