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March 21, 2008

Preschool Partner Fills the Play Gap

By COURTENAY NEARBURG

Bright-eyed youngsters scamper into the Laguna Presbyterian preschool, eager for the day to begin. Rather than the routine recitation of the ABCs and numbers, here children jump in unison to music, imitate animal movements, and pair up with partners for games. To the untrained eye, it looks like ... More...

Sea Lovers Cinch Laguna's Bluebelt

By COURTENAY NEARBURG

Local ocean conservation groups are joining forces in an unusual cohesive effort to lobby for an expansion of stateprotection along the Laguna Beach coastline. For groups that sometimes compete for human and financial resources, the effort to knit together a coalition of oceanminded organizations... More...

Empty Stores Renew Debate on Downtown

By WILLIAM HAGLE

Rising rents for storefronts get the blame for turnover and vacancies throughout the town that remaining merchants say hurts the entire downtown district. More...

Further Firestorms Still Possible

By WILLIAM HAGLE

"Most of Laguna is considered a very high firehazard area," Tom Christopher, a Laguna Beach battalion chief, reminded the City Council on Tuesday. The firestorms of 1993 and last autumn could be mere beacons pointing toward a worse case, he said. More...

Dance Snares Arts Alliance Star

By SUZIE HARRISON

CaDance's Laguna Beach Dance Festival was recognized as the best new arts program Wednesday by the Arts Alliance's second annual Art Star awards. A red carpet cocktail hour preceded the ceremony at Seven Degrees, allowing for Laguna's social strata to mingle and revel in the scene. The venue was ... More...

Deputizing Water Cops With a Flag, Not a Badge

By ANDREA ADELSON

If you spot a rivulet of water spilling into the street from someone's oversaturated yard or a broken sprinkler on your next morning walk, Laguna Beach County Water District wants you to do something about it. More...

Senior Center Rising

Work progresses on the $16.5 million community-senior center project, a 20,000 square foot building funded through the city and Laguna Beach Seniors Inc. The multiple use center will include dance and art studios, a multi-purpose room, card and computer rooms, a kitchen and dining area, and 72 str... More...

Drive-by Shots Demolish Store Windows

By STU SAFFER

Shots fired from a pellet gun inside a passing vehicle shattered fivewindows of Coast Highway storefronts, causing several thousand dollars in damages between Bluebird Canyon Drive and Thalia Street on Tuesday night. Police said a call was received at 9:29 p.m. reporting shots fired at Wendt Gall... More...

News

•	Correction:

An article in the March 14 edition about the push by TOW's PTA for a revision in the school board's homework policy unintentionally omitted that parents called for 10 minutes of homework per night per grade level. In addition, the same story erroneously suggested Robin Rounaghi, an El Morro PTA o... More...

•	Alcohol Sting Nabs a Sole Seller

•	Antiwar Candlelight Vigil

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Letters

•	It's a free country - all opinions welcome

Dave Connell Laguna Beach

Editor: Helping the enemy. I only have one comment regarding the front page article, "Guantanamo Bay Critic Speaks at Biz Club". Some people will do anything for [a] buck. More...

•	Runway thanks!

•	Council needs counseling

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Street Beat

•	Street Beat

March 10 - March 16 DUI Arrests: Broadway & Beach Street Saturday - 1:16 a.m. Jesus Barajas Mendoza, 23 S. Coast Hwy & Moss Street Saturday - 11:53 p.m. Andrew Ryan Reynolds, 27, Newport Beach N. More...

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Town Crier

•	Baskets Stocked, But Not With Eggs

Over $2,300 was raised from members of the Laguna Presbyterian Church and other donors to purchase school supplies for classrooms at San Onofre's base school in lieu of stocking baskets with Easter candy and toys. More...

•	Easter Celebrated With Special Services

•	Join Spring Beach Cleanup this Weekend

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Arts & Entertainment

•	Stellar Literary Lunch Comes of Age

Four distinguished female authors discuss their recent works on Saturday, March 22, at the Surf and Sand Resort, as part of the 21st annual Festival of Women Authors Luncheon, organized by the American Association of University Women's Laguna Beach Foundation. More...

•	Creativity Unfolds at Sawdust's Spring Workshops

•	Behind the 'Brownstone' Door, An Excursion in Time Unfolds

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School & Sports

•	Town Breakers Drop Baseball Opener

LBHS Spring Sports Roundup

Boys Tennis (3-4) Laguna opened league play yesterday after falling last Thursday to highly regarded Woodbridge 16-2. The lone Breakers wins came in doubles as the teams of Jared Berkson/Ben Biscarrat and Noah Michelon/Rex Miller each picked up a win. More...

•	Hoop Event Is a Serious Cause

•	Orientation Set for El Morro Kindergarten

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Columns

•	Village Matters

Persistence and vision, a perfect pair

Last Friday I had the luxurious treat of being driven up the coast, destination being Monterey. There my historian partner Vonn Marie May and I would be finishing a proposal to study a historic garden adjacent to a 1820s adobe. We talked landscapes and history all the way. More...

•	Vigil Relives Ancient Christian Service

•	Weather- or Not

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Obituaries

•	William Juptner

1927-2008

William "Bill" Juptner, a long time Laguna Beach resident, passed away unexpectedly on March 10. He was 80. Bill Juptner was born in Germany in 1927 and received a master's degree in electro-mechanical and optical engineering from the Technical University of Munich. After marrying his wife, Erna,... More...

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Laguna Home Companion

•	An Easter Find

From the Fortin Family Scrapbook

Mae E. Fortin first visited Laguna Beach on her own around 1937, when she was in her early 20s. Over five decades, the family crossed paths with some of Laguna Beach's iconic characters and captured on film and on canvas scenes now obscured by the town's development. More...

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