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 [...]
Creative works produced by the Boys & Girls Club Even Start Preschool are on display at the Laguna Beach Library throughout May as part of the county wide Imagination Celebration. Sponsored by Laguna Outreach for Community Art (LOCA), over 20 of the club’s preschool students are led through weekly art activities procured by LOCA teachers [...]
Two-time Olympic champion Felix Sanchez paid a visit to USC last week. 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 [...]
The 36th annual Women’s Laguna Open Beach Volleyball Tournament takes place Saturday, May 4 on Main Beach. Over the years, all the greats of beach volleyball have played here, said organizer Kirk Morgan in n statement. With spectators cheering from the boardwalk located adjacent to the courts, many players say it compares to being onstage, [...]
Behind-the-scenes budget analyst Raymond Lee has been selected as the Laguna’s school district’s classified employee of the year. “Ray is a quiet hero in LBUSD,” said Supt. Sherine Smith, who expressed her appreciation for Lee’s contributions. “He works hard, is a team player, and has a great sense of humor. Ray is an integral part [...]
Students thirsting to help others have organized the Healing Hands Fundraiser, May 2-5, at Laguna Beach’s Transformation at Gallery 1951, 1951 S. Coast Highway. Students from Laguna Beach, San Clemente, and Laguna Hills high schools will be raising money to bring water to an indigenous village in North India by holding a silent auction [...]
Pancake Breakfast Celebrates TLC and BGC The eighth annual Pancake Breakfast, marking the years The Learning Center has been a part of the Boys and Girls Club of Laguna Beach, is Saturday, April 27 at Bluebird Park, 798 Bluebird Canyon Dr. from 8 to 10:30 a.m. Tickets are $5. The breakfast is sponsored in part [...]
Janie and Jack Crawford arrived in Laguna with their parents two years ago. For the freshman Janie, the move from Redmond, Wash., marked a new beginning. For Jack, a junior, it became a refreshing reminder of old beginnings past. Jack already trained with two cross-country teams, one as a middle-schooler in Texas and the other [...]
By Justin Swanson | LB Indy Last year’s American League Rookie of the Year and pride of the Angels baseball team, the sensational outfielder Mike Trout visited Laguna Beach schools last week as part of a fundraising effort for the district-wide Parent-Teacher Association. The PTA is promoting Laguna Night, a May 3 ballgame between [...]
Thurston Middle School and Laguna Beach High School are two of the 218 public middle and high schools that were named California Distinguished Schools for 2013, school officials reported. The schools earned the honor for their strong commitment and innovative approaches to improving student academic achievement, a statement says. “We are pleased and proud to [...]
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 [...]
