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By Allison Jarrell | LB Indy A 27-year-old Huntington Beach man, Javier Vargas Cuellar, has been identified as the swimmer who died Sunday night after attempting to rescue a fellow swimmer at Table Rock Beach in Laguna. Sgt. Jim Cota, of the Laguna Beach Police Department, said...

By Allison Jarrell | LB Indy On Monday, June 10, at approximately 7 p.m., the Orange County Sheriff’s Department (OCSD) was notified by the Laguna Beach Police Department (LBPD) that a body was discovered in a brush area off of Laguna Canyon Road near Woodland Drive, authorities...

By Daniel Langhorne, Special to the Independent After more than a year and a half of wrestling with the California Coastal Commission over short-term lodging regulation, the Laguna Beach City Council sent a revised ordinance back to the state agency Tuesday that would ban new...

By Daniel Langhorne, Special to the Independent Laguna Beach homeowners can expect their trash bills to annually increase by more than $5 for the next three years, following a new rate increase schedule approved Tuesday by the Laguna Beach City Council. The annual hikes amount to...

Great teachers inspire their students, but many times, teachers find themselves inspired by their students. Thurston Middle School Health and PE teacher and Ecology Club mentor Penny Herrick-Dressler is one teacher who recognized a need amongst her students and was inspired to...

On Friday, May 17, 175 TOW parents and students joined together for the Second Annual TOW PTA Family Wellness Night, a farm-to-table supper. This year, the dinner was themed a Mediterranean Rainbow, emphasizing the “eat your rainbow” edict. Set outside the school’s main garden,...

By Frank Aronoff | LB Indy Baseball ALL SUNSET WAVE LEAGUE: 1st Team: Cutter Clawson (SR) 2nd Team: Eric Silva (SO), Kolton Freeman (SR) Team Awards: none designated   Softball ALL SUNSET WAVE LEAGUE: 1st Team: Emily Thomas (SR) 2nd Team: Lola Fisher (SR), Maddie Garwahl...

By Allison Jarrell | LB Indy Sunday, June 2 Traffic stop. 12:50 a.m. 20600 block of Laguna Canyon Road. A 39-year-old Santa Ana man was arrested on suspicion of DUI and held for $2,500 bail. Traffic stop. 12:55 a.m. 600 block of South Coast Highway. A 28-year-old Hollywood man...

Nearly 400 guests attended and raised close to $250,000 at the 12th annual Laguna Beach Taste of the Nation event, hosted by Montage Laguna Beach on May 5. Funds raised will be allocated to Share Our Strength’s No Kid Hungry incentive, which was established to end childhood...

Meet Mike Senna, skilled prop builder, hobbyist, computer programmer and maker of an exact working replica of R2-D2, at the Laguna Beach Library from 11 a.m. to noon on Saturday, May 18. Senna’s R2-D2 robot was used for charity events and has brought joy to children since its...

Two hundred residents made the trek to the “Summit to Protect Laguna.” When they arrived, there was nowhere to park their yaks. Everyone got a good yak out of it, because parking is one of many reasons that brought everyone there in the first place. Only the yaks weren’t laughing...

Steps Against Melanoma 5K Set for Sunday in Laguna Niguel By Amy Orr | LB Indy Stephanie Bowen grew up loving Laguna’s sunshine. “The beaches of St. Ann’s, Thalia, and Brooks Street are embedded in my memory,” Bowen said. “I spent years in the sun without sunscreen. I burnt and...

By Daniel Langhorne, Special to the Independent Laguna Beach started installing sensors Monday to launch its new smart parking guidance system, but the $1.61 million contract with Frogparking is mired in complaints from two competitors who claim the bidding process was unfair....

By Daniel Langhorne, Special to the Independent The Laguna Beach Heritage Committee hosted a panel Tuesday, including two architects and a Realtor, to explain the benefits of owning a historic home in town. Laguna’s City Council is currently pursuing a streamlined historic...

On Sunday, May 19, WAVE (Women for American Values and Ethics) will present their first annual “Light the Way for Change” event, aimed at addressing the growing problem of intolerance and violence in Orange County and offering a more just and peaceful path forward.  WAVE has...