Scouting News
Honoring a Flock of Eagles
Six young Laguna Beach residents recently received the Eagle Scout Award, Boy Scouts of America’s highest honor, at a ceremony...
What’s New at the Susi Q?
World’s Fair: Music with Global Roots II
Laguna Beach Live! brings a free community concert at 10 a.m. Feb. 11, featuring artists from the...
Green Tip of the week
Wash your clothes in cold water. The average household can avoid emitting 1,281 pounds of carbon dioxide annually and save on energy bills.
Green tips...
ZeroTrash 1st Saturday
Two new SUP groups joined the ZeroTrash 1st Saturday community trash clean-up effort on Feb. 5. In all, 425 pounds of trash was plucked...
Marine Hearings Buoyed by Nonprofits
Anglers sue to block fishing ban
Expanded marine protections for Southern California were recently finalized after months of debate, but fishermen that oppose the...
SBA Offers Flood Victims A Silver Lining
Low-interest 30-year loans through the Small Business Administration are now available for residents and merchants affected by the December 2010 flood, which caused an...
Street Beat
By Andrea Adelson | LB Indy
Monday, Jan. 31
Fraud. 9 a.m. 500 block of Seaview Street. Another apparent victim in the credit-card skimming investigation claimed...
Accidental Fire Ignites in Home
By Andrea Adelson | LB Indy
Fire. 11:05 p.m..
An accidental electrical fire ignited in the sub-floor of a kitchen in the 2200 block of Hillview...
Bates to Lead OCTA
O.C. Supervisor Patricia Bates was unanimously selected chair of the Orange County Transportation Authority this week.
Bates succeeds Jerry Amante, who continues to serve on...
Room at the Inn and Other Christmas Miracles
By Kathy Van Velzen
Special to the Independent
T’was three days before Christmas and not a creature was stirring because it was the middle of the...
Festivals Sustain Flood-Hit Artists
By Daniella Walsh | LB Indy
The town’s two big art festivals are sending welcome financial relief to Laguna Canyon artists ravaged by the December...
Work Parties Seek Volunteers
Like a barn-raising, many hands will make it easy; even an hour of help is welcome
Volunteers willing to flex their muscles and help clean...
Floods Caused by 100-Year Rainfall
Laguna received 3.44 inches of rain within six hours on Dec. 22, exceeding what’s expected in a 100-year storm, a flood control expert said...
Laguna Besieged by 100-year Rainfall
By Rita Robinson | LB Indy
Laguna received 3.44 inches of rain within six hours on Dec. 22, more than what’s known as a...
Artists’ “Live-Work” On Hold
By Rita Robinson | LB Indy
Looking not quite as shredded as his bronze sculptures of rag-wrapped human forms, Louis Longi slumped over his notebook,...