By a 4-1 vote, Laguna Beach’s City Council endorsed a plan disproving the Joni Mitchell song about paving paradise to put up a parking lot. Their plan for a long-sought village entrance will un-pave a parking lot, summoning paradise in the form of an urban park where asphalt now sprawls beside City Hall, along with [...]
Veteran surf filmmaker Jack McCoy’s “A Deeper Shade of Blue” screened at 400 theaters around the country this past Thursday, a one-night performance but a major splash for an indie movie. The film recounting surf culture’s evolution was buoyed in part by local film consultant Sharon Keiko Mori Beatie, who played a behind-the-scenes role promoting [...]
The city’s Arts Commission extended the deadline until April 1 for artists to submit their qualifications to compete for a public art installation outside the city’s lifeguard headquarters, under construction on Main Beach. Commissioners determined that none of the 26 applicants, artists based in Laguna Beach and elsewhere in Southern California, fully met the project [...]
Last weekend, three sick sea lion pups came up on the shore and rocks below Laguna Beach’s Heisler Park and a dog that had broken free of its owner’s leash attacked another near the Treasure Island tide pools below the Montage resort. The injured young sea lion later died due to the inflicted wounds, according [...]
Scores of kids participated in Laguna Beach’s annual youth track meet on Friday, March 22, including Calvin Capelle. His time of 2:43 in the Division 4 boys 800 meter smashed the city record of 2:58, held since 2004 by Joseph Rosseau, according to recreation supervisor Thomas Toman. Photos courtesy [...]
Paul Greer is learning to cook with spices. All sorts of spices, with which he is becoming familiar as he prepares to open, with his wife Mary, the Laguna franchise of The Spice Merchant. Tucked into the former Latitude 33 bookshop, one imagines each of the 300 spices, teas, salts, sugars, olive oils and specialty [...]
It’s hard to imagine Sergei Prokofiev’s beloved “Peter and the Wolf” without the flute impersonating a bird. Those twittering sounds coaxed from a slender tubular instrument have been known to turn young children into future flutists. Concert goers world-wide take for granted that a symphony orchestra features at least one or two flutes, and [...]
My new granddaughter arrived Thursday, March 14, in New Zealand, but a day earlier in Laguna. Bless Skype one more time. I was able to see my daughter, Sara, looking beautiful and happy, her partner Stephan smiling ear to ear, and my new granddaughter, Aroha, with eyes wide open and all 8 lbs. 11 oz. [...]
LOCA Reception Features Prize Drawing Laguna Outreach for Community Arts hosts a pre-Art Walk reception at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, April 4, with printmaker Sheryl Seltzer, who will be demonstrating printmaking at Pacific Edge Hotel’s Surf Cabanas. Reception attendees at 647 S. Pacific Coast Hwy will enjoy hospitality provided by The Deck and an opportunity drawing [...]
With Regard to Matters of Music The Music Matters weeknight showcase returns to the Cliff Restaurant, which started this week with a line-up that included musicians Poul Pederson and Nick Hernandez. The live music sessions Monday through Thursday from 6:30 to 10 p.m. can be enjoyed at The Cliff’s outdoor Fireside Theater, 577 S. Coast [...]
An Assistance League group put together Easter baskets for children of military families at Camp Pendleton, their second project this year. Earlier, they packed 28 boxes with books and toiletries and had them shipped to soldiers deployed in Afghanistan. The chairmen of these projects are Donna Magwood and Eleanor Tiner.
Religious Services The following are local services for Easter Sunday, March 31: Church By the Sea: 6:30 a.m. sunrise service at the end Moulton Meadows Park down the fire road, and 8:30 and 10:30 a.m. at 468 Legion St. Neighborhood Congregational Church: Rev. B.J. Beu leads an informal 6:30 a.m. sunrise service at Alta Laguna [...]
Revisiting Historic Crystal Cove Laura Davick’s parents met as campers at Crystal Cove in 1940 and moved into cottage No. 2 when she was a toddler. Davick, who in 1999 founded Crystal Cove Alliance, will describe ongoing preservation efforts at the park during the Laguna Conservancy’s 6 p.m. dinner Monday, April 1, at Tivoli Terrace. [...]
Charlotte Marie McManus, a resident of Laguna Beach for 53 years, passed away Wednesday, March 13, 2013. She was 86. She was our mother, mentor, benefactor, and friend. She was born Nov. 29, 1926 in Chicago, Ill., to Albert Frank Comiskey and Charlotte Ann (Lottie) Verry. She came to California as a young woman [...]
Deputy Treasurer Post Filled Margaret Hanson will serve as deputy treasurer on a pro bono basis, city Treasurer Laura Parisi announced this week. Hanson has over 20 years of financial management experience. She and her husband are Laguna Beach residents. Exhibits Director Announced The Festival of Arts hired Ron Morrissette as its new exhibits [...]
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 [...]
