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0001p1_lg.jpg Second Community Discussion Covers Topic of Interest to the Public

   The Woman Full Story
001p1_xlg.jpg At Every Turn, Aliso Creek Walk Surprises

    More than 600 people strolled through the Aliso Canyon golf course last Saturday at the invitation of the Athens Group. Athens had set up 10 renderings on easels throughout the property depicting new and replacement buildings at various points along the sloping tree-dotted greens and enveloping hillsides. Full Story
002p1_lg.jpg Artists Left Out of Festival Land Rush

    Booth pick day at the Sawdust Art Festival can resemble a wildwest land rush. The stakes seem just as high to Laguna Beach artists trying to lay claim to fertile parcels for the summer art season on the festival grounds. Full Story
Hot Weekend Conditions Pose Risk of Fire Danger

    Hot and dry weather conditions forecast for this weekend has local firestations on the alert for potential firedanger through early Tuesday. Laguna Beach Division Chief Jeff LaTendresse said an email warning was issued Tuesday to all departments in Southern California, predicting high temperatures, low humidity and wind. Full Story
Starting a Charitable Race for Rebate Checks

    The much talked about tax rebate checks, part of Washington's 2008 economic stimulus package, began to reach taxpayers this month amid mountains of speculation about what they will do with the money. Polls show that consumers plan to spend most of their windfall to pay bills and debts. Retailers, though, have ramped up efforts to compete for the extra cash. Full Story
Opinion
City is commended for free compost

    Editor: I wanted to thank the city for sponsoring the Free Compost Giveaway. I look forward each year to shoveling the dirty gold into all available receptacles, placing them into my now odiferous vehicle, and spreading the value around my yard. I was not alone. Full Story
Nyes Place 42 day construction respite is now only 3 days

    Editor: I wanted to let Sandi Cain [A neighborhood's construction plight - 5/9], and everyone else that will be affected; know that the construction debacle in the Rubyís ñ Nyes Place area is likely to be worse than Sandiís letter included. Full Story
Are city regulations hampering small businesses?

    Editor: I just stopped by the newsstand on Ocean and PCH to get my weekend fixof reading material. The inviting bright blue awning that makes the newsstand stand out was rolled up and out of sight. The newsagent informed me that the city won't allow it to be rolled down because it doesn't meet city standards. Full Story
Will downtown restrictions kill our cultural heritage?

    Editor: Anyone who has lived in Laguna for a decade or more has noticed the recent preponderance of vacant commercial spaces all over town. Start at South Coast Highway and drive north and my guess is that Coast Hardware has run low on "For Lease" signs as they are plastered with way too much frequency all over town. Full Story
City's fire and brimstone attempts to neuter nightlife may see us bleached, sanitized, old and rich and empty at night

    Editor: I hope others share my concern over the Council's attempt to ban live music at Ocean Avenue Brewery. It's appalling that these entrenched politicians want to legislate nightlife right out of Laguna. Egly and Pearson want to nuke the place and eliminate live music completely. Full Story
Arts & Entertainment
058p1_xlg.jpg Real Life Played Out on Stage

    Snorting a couple bumps of coke, smoking a little weed and getting drunk, it's all for fun; it's just partying, right? Full Story
060p1_xlg.jpg Come to Pray, Stay to Prey
'Susannah' at Opera Pacific

    Much of the impact, musically and dramatically, of Carlisle Floyd's cautionary morality tale comes in short, sharp conflicting moments. Designer Michael Yeargan's starkly angled trees create mystery and ranges of hills beyond fade into the misty distance. The piece and the performance, though, focus on conflictrather than on psychological probing. Full Story
061p1_xlg.jpg Sunset Serenades

   Bring a blanket and savor two free treats, a sunset and a serenade. Jessica Haddy and Deborah Glass, a violin and piano duo, will perform classical music at Main Beach tonight, Friday, May 16 at 6:30 p.m. Full Story
062p1_xlg.jpg Gallery Leaders Sustain City's Popular Art Walk

    Many of you probably have no idea how Laguna Beach Full Story
063p1_xlg.jpg Plumb for Plumb

    Pure Color Gallery will host once again a one-woman show of Eve Plumb's original paintings, May 16-31. The public is welcome at an artist reception for her at the gallery Saturday, May 17, from 7 to 10 p.m., 570 S. Coast Highway. Full Story
School & Sports
Hathaway Will Not Seek Re-election
Class Notes

    After serving two four-year terms on the school board, El Hathaway, the current board president, announced Tuesday he will not seek re-election this November. Attorney Bill Landsiedel, a temporary appointee to the board in 2006 to fillthe void left by Dr. K Turner's death in mid-term, announced his intention to seek Hathaway's seat. Full Story
026p1_xlg.jpg Come From Behind Victory Caps a Winning Season

    Laguna Beach High School's junior varsity baseball team came from behind in the bottom of the seventh inning with a six run rally to defeat Estancia HS team at home at the Skipper Carrillo Field on Thursday, May 8. The Estancia team was a combination JV and varsity players. Full Story
027p1_xlg.jpg 7th Student Off to Science Camp

    The American Association of University Women, Laguna Beach Branch, announced an additional seventh scholarship for a middle school girl to attend Tech Trek, AAUW's science program that encourages girls entering eighth grade to pursue careers in technology. Full Story
028p1_xlg.jpg Volleyball Team Still in Hunt for CIF Title
Spring Sports Wrap

    Five of the six LBHS varsity sports teams finished their regular seasons with enough success to participate in postseason competition, but four of the teams were eliminated within the first week. The boys volleyball team continues its post-season play tonight, Friday, May 16, hosting Dos Pueblos in Dugger Gym. Full Story
St. Catherine Pageant Expands its Palette of Artists
Performance Today, May 16

    The public is invited to St. Catherine of Siena Parish School's performance of its fifth annual Masters Pageant on Friday, May 16, in the school's parish hall gymnasium. Admission is free and festivities will begin with a social hour at 7 p.m. followed by the program at 8. Full Story