Town Crier

Friends of firefighters packed City Hall to witness a personnel shift change at the city’s fire department this past Monday. New badges were pinned...

By Mary Dolphin, Special to the Independent   With the advent of cold weather and changes at the Alternative Sleeping Location, the nighttime shelter for the...

Christmas Bulbs Go to Market   The Friends of the Hortense Miller Garden will be at the Farmers Market in Laguna Beach this Saturday, Nov. 19,...

A fundraising partnership between the Boys & Girls Club and the local Taco Bell franchise supported the club’s Keystone Teen leadership program. A portion of...

Not Even Masks Obscure Good Fortune   More than 200 theatrically costumed guests danced, dined and partied at The Laguna Playhouse’s third annual Moonlight Masquerade,...

Local resident Herb Nootbaar celebrates his 103rd birthday at his exercise club last week!   Handsome, intellectual, witty, and going strong, says Donna Gee.    

The Arthritis National Research Foundation elected former Irvine mayor and Laguna Beach resident Sally Anne Sheridan to its board. “By funding young researchers with cutting-edge...

A Robust Recovery  As Lagunans await implementation of the Marine Life Protection Act along our coast, an exciting announcement went out two months ago from...

Can you lose weight while you sleep? Can you grow younger while you slumber? This may sound like a dream (excuse the pun) and just too good to be true but think again.

s long as the human race has created art there have been patrons of the arts. From the first patrons of feudal Japan to the Medici of Florence or the Warburgs and Guggenheims of New York, certain families are ubiquitous and generous. Laguna is no exception.

Georgia Andersen and her children Stefan and Katie established the Claes Andersen Hospitality Scholarship Fund at the Laguna Beach Community Foundation, the foundation announced...

It’s that time again, back to the Dark Ages. No, I don’t mean the last administration, I mean the one where you have to turn on the lights by 5:15. Tonight the sun sets at 4:55 p.m., only 15 minutes away from our earliest sunset of the year which at this latitude is 4:40 p.m. from Dec. 8-10. From now until Jan. 9 the sun will set before 5 p.m. The second Sunday of next March will see a return to Daylight Savings Time.

About the Business of Schools, Sapphire Food Fare Cancelled, Decorating Gardens for the Holidays, Workshop Helps Women Define Their Legacy, Understanding Kids’ Development, HAMS Promote an Under Used Lifesaver, Helping Hearts Needed for Blood Drive and Even Politicians Go for the View.

Girl Scouts of troops 2136, 1440 and 308 have received some donations, but are extending their food drive through Nov. 21 and are still...

Miranda Kirkland and Nicholas Loeffler     Miranda Louise Kirkland and Nicholas Stanfield Loeffler were married on Saturday, July 16, 2011, under a beautiful old oak tree...