Laguna Beach Local News

By Tatumn Mika Someone once told me that the mountains are good for the mind, while the ocean is good for the soul. Growing up in Colorado amidst the snow-capped rockies, the ocean felt worlds away. Instead of palm trees and cabanas, we had cedar cabins and evergreens. Our waves...

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 Assistance League of Laguna Beach (ALLB) has awarded several local philanthropic organizations financial grants totaling $30,000. These awards are in addition to ALLB’s annual philanthropic donations. The grant recipients include the Laguna Beach Community Clinic, GiGi’s Playhouse Orange County, Collaborative Courts, Sally’s Fund, Boys and Girls Club of Laguna...

Laguna Beach legends Honk took center stage at the Rivian South Coast Theater last weekend, April 26 to 28, for three sold-out performances. The iconic local band played tunes from their Five Summer Stories soundtrack while clips from the 1972 surf classic played on a big screen behind the...

Does anyone else have this question? Laguna Beach has informed us that our solid waste and recycling services, currently provided by Waste Management, will be billed directly to the residents of Laguna Beach by the new service provider (CR&R) as of July 1, 2024. For me, that begs the...

Targeted Cloud Seeding in Laguna  By Michael Ray You've all heard of cloud seeding, right? It is a weather modification technique that increases rainfall by introducing seeding materials into clouds, such as silver iodide, to increase ice crystals in local cloud systems and encourage, well, rain. The potential benefits to a place like Laguna Beach, which,...

It is a common assumption that school is where you go to get smarter. Maybe yes, maybe no. How would having a bigger swimming pool improve the chances of fulfilling this goal? Sports (once called "physical education") was based on the Greek concept that a developed mind requires a developed body—a means...

I'm writing about the upcoming July 4 "show." If it's a show of anything, it's a show of how tone-deaf our city is.  Of course, I care about the environment, but I'm not interested in drones flying around to show the world just how relentlessly uptight Laguna is. The city has already demonstrated that when...

In response to Gene Felder's letter in the April 26 edition of the Indy regarding Village Laguna's Charm House Tour - bar none, this classic tour has focused on what makes Laguna so special. For 20 years, I was in charge of house selection and met some of the best folks in the world...