Town Crier

Girl Time   When we first found out that I was pregnant, David and I quickly agreed on one thing that puzzled many, especially my...

By Grampa Grant             Hey, Grampa, Who’s your favorite player these days?   Weaver.   Jered Weaver?  He’s an Angel.   He’s the best pitcher in baseball right now.   You can’t always go for...

Annual Gate and Garden Tour Explores North Laguna Copious rain that precipitated tragedy in December yields a floral bounty in spring, vividly on display next...

Editor:   I have to admit I was rather surprised when I picked up a copy of your fine paper and learned that I was suing...

Editor, There is only truth in what happened to the two boys and the attempted hit and runs on Skyline on March 28, 2011. I...

Editor, This is in reference to the April 8 article in the Indy, entitled “Open Space Prevails At Big Bend.” The cute little early 1920s one-bedroom...

Editor, Alas the Laguna Beach City Council is spending $30,000 to repair the "creek bed" near the city animal shelter (“Animal Lovers Fund Shelter Makeover,”...

Editor, I have nothing against motorcyclists, and some of their machines are beautiful, chromed and shinny, high revving, and high powered.  Why is it that...

Editor, Laguna Beach is still one of the prettiest places to live in Southern California.  When I moved here 35 years ago, the attraction was...

Share the Memory, Share the Experience   By Ann Christoph My little niece Barbie, age 5, was protesting moving the location of Christmas dinner from my mom’s...

By Mary Dolphin, Special to the Independent Here I am, like many others I know, believing that here in Laguna I inhabit my own personal...

The Laguna Beach Community Clinic recently received a gift of $50,000 from the William and Sue Gross Family Foundation.   Nick Gross, son of the foundation’s...

United Methodist Church   Neighbors and visitors are invited to worship with the United Methodist congregation during the Good Friday Service, April 22, at 7 p.m.,...

A Comic Turn for Earth Day Finally, an Earth Day activity with humor. This Friday, April 22, Mayor Pro Tem Jane Egly will play straight man...

Impact Giving, the Orange County based women’s collective giving organization now in its second year, will award more than $125,000 to other local and...