Lit Up
Visitors packed Main Beach to appreciate a shower of fireworks. Locals celebrated Independence Day with patriotic fervor and neighborhood gatherings. See more in B-1. Full Story
Enforcing a Slippery Issue
As state wildlife officials move closer to finalizing a Southern California coastal protection plan, enforcement has emerged as a significant issue in the debate. Full Story
Ocean Institute Plays the Odds With Home Raffle Experts
With the launch of the Ocean Institute's 2009 Laguna Beach Million Dollar Home raffle last week, those willing to fork over $150 for a ticket will have a one in 22,000 chance of winning their choice of a $1 million home with an ocean view or the equivalent in cash, assuming all tickets are sold. Full Story
Laguna Art Museum Seeks Collection That Got Away
The refrain, "out with the old and in with the new," is usually reserved for New Year's Eve or serial marriages, but rarely associated with museums. Not so at the Orange County Museum of Art where director Dennis Szakacs is tossing out the old to embrace the new and kicking up a controversy along the way. Full Story
City Covers Bills for Susi Q Center
Start-up costs at the new Susi Q Senior and Community Center on Third Street are outstripping revenue despite an expansion of programs since the $20-million building opened in January. As a result, the center asked the City Council on Tuesday to pick up its annual utilities and housecleaning tab of $14,700. Full Story
Art and Sports Infuse a Novel Store
Hurley Inc. opened an experimental retail store in downtown Laguna Beach last week that defies its own traditional corporate boundaries by selling Nike, Hurley and Converse brands for the first time under one roof. The Forest Avenue store defies convention in other ways, too. Full Story
New Culture Emerging at Hospital
The new top executive of Laguna Beach's 50-year-old hospital says employees and physicians are enthusiastic about initial changes underway since St. Joseph Health System-controlled Mission Hospital assumed ownership of the former South Coast Medical Center, effective July 1. Full Story
Divers Dunk Beach Curfew Plan
After a contingent of out-oftown divers voiced their opposition, the City Council on Tuesday dropped a proposal by Mayor Kelly Boyd to impose a 11 p.m. curfew on several "residential" beaches due to late-night partying and loud noises. Full Story
Smoking Banned in City Parks
The City Council voted 3-2 Tuesday in support of an ordinance to impose a smoking ban in public parks, expanding an existing prohibition against lighting up on city beaches. Councilmember Toni Iseman, who proposed the ban, said that aside from the ill effects of secondhand smoke, the shelf-life of cigarette filters is enough cause for the ban. Full Story
A Warning for Man's Best Friend
Unlike most people handed a shoebox by complete strangers, Laguna Beach's animal services control officer Joy Falk intuitively knows its contents without lifting the lid. "Is it venomous?" asks Falk, the recipient in recent weeks of several snake-filled gift boxes from local residents. Full Story
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