Incoming senior Luke Ianni’s book, “A Standing Ovation,” is largely autobiographical.

Caroline Marks, who lives in San Clemente, is among those who will vie for the title on Sunday in Huntington Beach.

Renovations on the four clubhouses were completed in 2020. The makerspaces were relaunched officially on Wednesday.

For the past two years, Shane Kern and Drew Davis have created geometric mandalas on local beaches that get destroyed by the tide. It’s a meditative act they say has the power to heal.

Exhibitors at the Festival of Arts participated in a platter painting party on July 30. The finished products will be auctioned on Aug. 28 to raise dollars for the Artist Fund.

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The Vans Duct Tape Invitational longboard competition kicked off Thursday.

Laguna Beach responded to staffing issues within its police department by offering temporary overtime pay and hiring incentives. The City Council approved the programs Tuesday night.

Tremere Robert Mason and Nancy Ahmad Bakir, both 23, of Newport Beach, were arrested following an altercation outside a Harbor Boulevard nightclub. Mason is being held on $500,000 bail.

Bruce Gabrielson was also inducted as a local hero on Thursday morning in downtown Huntington Beach.

Two were hospitalized Wednesday after a five-vehicle collision caused a semitruck to overturn and catch fire, engulfing a second vehicle in flames. The incident closed southbound lanes of the 405 Freeway for several hours.

The City Council Tuesday approved ballot language for the November election, calling for Measure Y exemptions in certain commercial and industrial corridors where housing may be built.