Laguna Beach architectural designer Phillipe Horvath will watch the outcome of the London Olympics closely. Rather than a podium, though, he’ll be eyeing how potential developers, industrialists and entrepreneurs respond to his scale model on display in the Olympic Village pavilion occupied by France’s national utility. Named TCORE, Horvath’s 238-foot module contains a kitchen [...]
By Justin Swanson, Special to the Independent Both amateur and professional musicians took to the streets of Laguna Beach this past Saturday, June 16, to celebrate the coming summer solstice as a part of the fifth annual Fête de la Musique, an internationally adopted tradition presented by the Laguna Beach Sister Cities Association. Throughout [...]
More than a score of musicians and singers will perform in a variety of genres and locations throughout downtown Laguna Beach during the Fête de la Musique on Saturday, June 16, beginning at 1 p.m. with an opening ceremony at the Main Beach cobblestones. The day-long festival of street music will include a number of [...]
Will Taylor Bonsey passed away on May 17, 2012. He lost his seven-year hard-fought battle with a neuro-immune disease. All those who knew Will, will remember him as the boy who never would sit on the sideline just watching. He was a doer who enthusiastically took on any challenge. Will believed there were no limits [...]
Thanks to a collaboration between Laguna Beach Sister Cities Association and high school staff and French teacher Odile Dewar, 29 students and two chaperones put a personal face on a cultural exchange from our sister city Menton, France. “French isn’t just a class anymore,” said high school sophomore and French student Anya Miller at a [...]
The Laguna Beach Sister Cities Association welcomes its first-ever student visit from Lycee’ Pierre Et Marie Curie High School in Menton, France, this Friday, Oct. 21. The 30 French students visit their sister city and meet their counterparts at Laguna Beach High School, who they already know by conversing the last 18 months online [...]
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 [...]
