Staff from Laguna’s Boys & Girls Club is helping foster social skills in students during lunchtime at the district’s elementary and middle schools, according to a district statement. These efforts aim to help students develop connections with their peers and adults on campus by involving them in small group activities such as board games and [...]
The Montessori School of Laguna Beach is opening their doors to families of the community on Wednesday, March 6 from 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. for “living Montessori Day”. This is an opportunity for families and children to do events together. Children can participate in cooking, dancing, music, painting, yoga, sports and other activities. [...]
Seven Laguna Beach High School senior athletes so far have committed to play their respective sports next fall in college, three of them at Ivy League schools. Robert Clemons committed this week to playing football for the Bulldogs at Yale University. Three female water polo players who plan to continue their sport in top colleges [...]
Sports articles from the Dec. 7 print edition as well as online only articles featuring all-league honors results, winter sports schedules and rosters were inadvertently left out of the online edition early in the week. The LB Indy staff apologizes for the omission. A caption on a photo of a soccer game in the Dec. [...]
Editor, Every week this fall a different parent in Laguna Beach has complained to me about the snacks other parents are bringing to the soccer fields for our kids. Here is a sampling: chocolate donuts, cookies, candy apples and candy. The reason people feel compelled to tell me is because I am a pediatric registered [...]
Sports enthusiasts are invited to shop for gently used sport gear at the fourth annual sports swap planned at Thurston Middle School on Saturday, Nov. 3, from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. Trade out for a different surfboard, paddleboard, bodyboard, wetsuit, bike of snowboard. Items will be sold through consignment by the Thurston PTA. Great [...]
Editor, Bob Whalen, quite simply stated, is an outstanding candidate for city council. He has demonstrated his commitment to Laguna Beach through his involvement with the school board, the planning commission, Schoolpower, the Boys and Girls Club, youth sports and much more. My wife, Judy and I, have served on boards and committees with him. [...]
Sports enthusiasts are invited to bring their gently used gear to the fourth annual sports swap planned at Thurston Middle School on Saturday, Nov. 3, from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. Organizers welcome sports equipment, surfboards, paddleboards, bodyboards, wetsuits, bikes, golf clubs, snowboards, winter outerwear, and skis and boots for youth and adults. Items will [...]
Last Friday, Gene Levin saw patients at his office on Park Avenue, as he has for the last 41 years. On Saturday afternoon, he had wine and cheese in the garden with Vivian, his wife of 60 years and collapsed shortly thereafter. He was 85 years old when he died. Born in Philadelphia, Penn., on [...]
The hard-hitting fun of SchoolPower’s wildly popular community event returns to the LBHS gyms on Oct. 17 with Dodgeball III. Tournament registration opens Sept. 17 so round up a team and be part of Laguna’s most entertaining sports event of the year. In SchoolPower’s spin on the schoolyard classic, champions are named from three divisions: [...]
When my 27-year-old nephew arrived at the family barbeque last week, he greeted me with a hug and a fond memory. “Hi, Aunt Sue. Remember when we used to play team hide and seek?” I was instantly brought back to a time when we were huddled closely together, mapping out our winning strategy, which [...]
By Valerie Yu, Special to the Independent Step up. Take your mark. Beep! As summer peaks in sunshine and heat, Laguna Beach resident and expert sports massage therapist Kathy Flippin is more than ready for the race of a lifetime, a journey of honor and international prestige. Flippin was selected from 250,000 volunteer applicants [...]
Joanne Culverhouse was an all-American at Western High School in Las Vegas’ and a scholarship athlete at University of Nevada, Reno, competing in volleyball, basketball and softball at both levels. After college, she continued to compete in triathlons and half marathons. “My life was sports,” she said. But during her first year as principal of [...]
Concussions are “a ticking time bomb,” said sports agent Leigh Steinberg, guest speaker of Laguna Beach Rotary Club last Friday. That bomb exploded last month when former NFL legend Junior Seau, reportedly suffering from depression fueled by countless blows to the head over a 20-year career, committed suicide. That tragedy spotlighted what Steinberg has been [...]
Don Lowry Laguna Beach has lost an ardent supporter of The Nature Conservancy, The Pacific Marine Mammal Center, The Zinc Cafe, Madison Square and The Penguin with the death of Donald Marquis Lowry on Friday, May 18, at Mission Hospital in Mission Viejo. Lowry, still an avid biker at age 80, had an accident while [...]
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 [...]
