Council Strives to Ease Impact of Recession
In an effort to address the town's nervous retail shop owners, clearly affected by the harsh economic climate, Laguna Beach's City Council on Tuesday adopted a 13-point stimulus plan that relies heavily on admonition rather than financial firepower. Full Story
Local Investor Buys The Indy
Firebrand Media, a local media company most notably known for Laguna Beach Magazine, agreed in principle to acquire the Laguna Beach Independent at a time of financial difficulty for the weekly newspaper. Full Story
Pot Dispensary Rules Expected Soon
Despite the incessant blinking of a red light at the public speaker's lectern, typically signaling an end to the permitted threeminute pleas to the City Council, Sheridan Linehan continued, describing his grandfather's death the week before and his use of medical marijuana while battling bone cancer. Full Story
Artwalk Franchise Extends Into 'First Weekend'
By JENNIFER ERICKSON With the addition of a selfguided artist studio tour next week, Laguna Beach now has four days of cultural activities to promote on the first weekend of each month, a welcome lure for tourist-dependent artists, hotels and restaurants. Full Story
Good Stewards
Photos by Greg O'Loughlin Environmental recognition awards were distributed on Tuesday by the City Council. Recipients, from left, were Arnold Hano, Tom Osborne, Paul Blank of Casa Laguna and Endangered Planet Foundation, including Charles Michael Murray. Full Story
Indy Delivery Shifts to Friday
Home delivery of this week's edition of the Indy is changing, an effort to speed it into the hands of readers earlier as well as discontinue wrapping the paper in plastic most of the time. By turning to adult carriers, the paper will land in driveways on Friday rather than over the weekend as it currently has on many routes. Full Story
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