Jackson McKay Pries is the winner of the DAR American History Scholarship for Laguna Beach High School. The organization also honored a score of other students at an awards program this past Thursday at at Laguna Presbyterian Church’s Tankersley Hall. Counselors and teachers selected Jackson for the award because of his passion for American history [...]
St. Catherine of Siena Parish School plans a pageant show this Friday, May 17, a tribute to the town’s famous Pageant of the Masters production. The school transforms itself into a gallery of live art, where students pose in full-sized art works. This year’s exhibit includes Grant Wood’s “American Gothic,” Leonardo DaVinci’s “Last Supper,” and [...]
Local Student Graduates from Azusa Pacific Laguna Beach resident Madeline Arterburn graduated from Azusa Pacific University. She earned a bachelor of science degree in applied exercise science. Schools Honor Their Staff The school district’s longtime classified employees were honored this past Tuesday, May 14, at a school board meeting. Students Make a Splash [...]
Laguna Beach’s Sam Stinnett defended his title during the United Skim Tour skimboarding competition last month in Ubatuba, Brazil, riding a long-lasting sidewave on a beach halfway between Rio de Janiero and Sao Paulo. The unique topography of Sununga beach is well-known in skimboarding circles because incoming waves reflect off of a natural rock wall [...]
Two-time Olympic champion Felix Sanchez visited USC last month. The former Trojan track star from the Dominican Republic was there to make sure the 2013 USC track team understood the importance of beating cross-town rival UCLA. “It was really, really cool,” said USC freshman Natasha Strickland, a former Laguna Beach High star who ran the [...]
The Laguna Hills Little League Angels recently hosted Laguna Beach majors division team Rotary to Friday Night Lights. Rotary’s Sam Kluver got the scoring going with a sacrifice fly with the bases loaded, with Zach Bonnin recording a run. Lance Detweiler continued the good fortune for Rotary, hitting a line drive into center, scoring [...]
Laguna Beach’s Sam Stinnett defended his title during the United Skim Tour skimboarding competition last month in Ubatuba, Brazil, riding a long-lasting sidewave on a beach halfway between Rio de Janiero and Sao Paulo. The unique topography of Sununga beach is well-known in skimboarding circles because incoming waves reflect off of a natural rock wall [...]
Laguna Beach High School’s Park Avenue Players were among the 1,000 performers from 13 schools across Orange and Los Angeles counties competing for the John Raitt Awards for Youth (JRAY), an annual high school awards program sponsored by the Fullerton Civic Light Opera. Young Laguna thespians collected six nominations for stand-out performances in this year’s [...]
Teens Aim for Sticker Shock With prom just around the corner, several teens from the Boys & Girls Club’s Keystone leadership club teamed up with the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence-Orange County (NCADD-OC) to participate in Sticker Shock. The teens visited Broadway Liquor and Stop’n’Go in Laguna Beach, where store owners allowed them [...]
LBHS varsity cheer came away with top honors at La Habra’s NRG competition on May 4, winning a five-foot tall grand champion trophy in the all stars and high school division, as well as placing first place in the varsity novice division and winning a spirit stick for “awesome attitude.” This was their second competitive [...]
Twenty two-person teams battled each other and a stiff sea breeze that whipped across Main Beach last Saturday during the 38th annual Laguna Open Women’s Volleyball Tournament. “This is probably the windiest tournament I’ve ever been in,” said Lynne Galli, after she and partner Lisa Ruthledge won their second straight title. “You just have to [...]
Two-time Olympic champion Felix Sanchez visited USC last month. The former Trojan track star from the Dominican Republic was there to make sure the 2013 USC track team understood the importance of beating cross-town rival UCLA. “It was really, really cool,” said USC freshman Natasha Strickland, a former Laguna Beach High star who ran the [...]
The Festival of Arts Foundation awarded $30,000 in grants to Laguna Beach High School to enhance visual and performing arts education, the district announced this week. The high school’s art program received a $15,000 award and supporters of its instrumental music program received $5,000. The campus’s dance and performing arts departments received awards of $2,500 [...]
LCAD Student Raises Funds For Good Jessica Necor, 20, a graphic design student at Laguna College of art and Design, recently launched an ambitious campaign to raise $10,000 in 45 days to purchase supplies for poor families, school children, and Typhoon Bopha victims in the Philippines. In July, she will go on a mission trip [...]
By Laura Yale, Special to the Independent This spring break, 37 Laguna Beach High School students and eight adult leaders traveled to the small island of Molokai, Hawaii, for Laguna Presbyterian Church’s annual Molokai Mission Trip. The islanders are some of the poorest people in the nation. Rev. Dr. Steve Sweet, senior associate pastor [...]
Police Use Taser to Subdue Assault Suspect
An assault involving three men escalated into a struggle with Laguna Beach police, who ultimately deployed a taser twice to subdue the younger combative suspect in the 300 block of Cozumel around 1:15 a.m. Friday, May 10, police said. Police ultimately arrested Laguna Beach resident Sergio Gabriel Borgognone, 51, for allegedly resisting arrest and his [...]
