Laguna Beach Local News

Summer Sports  Laguna Beach High School Athletics summer programs will be starting soon. Check out the programs for all sports at lbhs.lbusd.org/athletics/summer-programs. Indoor volleyball has camps beginning July 22 with a session for grades 6-8 and girls indoor sessions for grades 6-9 and 10-12. Girls Volleyball The 52nd varsity season under SSCIF sponsorship will get...

El Morro Elementary School third graders visited the historic Murphy Smith Bungalow in June to learn about the community and local history. This year, the third graders were greeted by actors from Laguna's own community theater group, No Square Theater. Actors playing Bette Davis, Vernon Murphy (original owner), Blanche Clapp...

The Great Laguna Drone Fiasco Our esteemed City Council appoints the Environmental and Sustainability Committee, which “provide(s) recommendations to the City Council on matters pertaining to the environment and sustainability.” The city does have substantial issues on the environment, the most pressing of which is the City’s very own toxic waste...

The Laguna Board of REALTORS held its 100th Membership Meeting at the newly renovated Rivian South Coast Theater On April 26. The sustainable theater space aligned with LBOR's mission and was the perfect backdrop for a movie by Jesse Brossa of Compass, which depicted Laguna Beach and the Laguna Board...

The 17th annual Grapes for Grads, hosted by the Rotary Club of Laguna Beach this past Sunday, April 27, at the Festival of Arts grounds, was packed with food from local restaurants, musical entertainment by the popular Lake Forest party band Typical Gypsys, art demonstrations by Laguna College of...

On Monday, April 22, REALTORS and Affiliated Business Partners gathered on a cool, misty, foggy morning to participate in a beach cleanup, which offered a unique opportunity to connect with their communities and make a tangible difference in the environment. Armed with trash bags, gloves, and a shared sense...

By Michèle Monda The City Council has become a black hole into which questions asked by councilmembers and residents disappear—totally ignored, not answered and never discussed.   This was abundantly obvious at the April 9, 2024 City Council meeting. First, Councilmember Rounaghi commented about a man arrested 15 times over the...

KXFM announced Thursday that Billy Fried, Cindy Obrand and Jonathan Tufano, well-known Laguna residents and long-time program hosts, have been appointed to the radio station's board of directors.  The trio will replace station founder Tyler Russell McCusker and Chapman University Dean Jerry Price, also an original member. Fried, Obrand and Tufano...

5 July, 1927 - 24 December, 2023 Anneliese Elisabeth Miklosy, 96, of Laguna Beach, Calif, widow of Leslie Daniel Miklosy, died peacefully at her Laguna Beach home with son Les George at her bedside. Anneliese was born July 5, 1927, the youngest of two girls and two boys to parents...