Still No Fixed Address for the Homeless
Temporary Fenced Shelter Tabled. Residents on both sides of the issue express ire at the unexpected plan
On one of the muggiest nights of the year, one of the muddiest issues to come before the City Council only got muckier: what to do with the homeless? After more than two hours of mostly dissenting comments from residents, the council unanimously voted to table a recommendation of setting up a temporary, canopied 3,000-square-foot cage for overnight sleeping near City Hall. Full Story
Police Arrest One Suspect, Recover Gun in Jewelry Heist
A convicted kidnapper and suspected gang member was arrested in a notorious Oceanside neighborhood by Laguna Beach police late last week, one of three suspected gunmen in the $600,000 stick-up of a local jewelry store. One of the weapons possibly used in the robbery was also discovered. Full Story
A Dispute Magnified by the Glare of Celebrity
The cable television audience for "Real Housewives of Orange County" sometime this season can expect to see the real life eviction of one of the show's stars, but their Laguna Beach landlord was in court this week in an attempt to fast-forward the drama. Full Story
Troubling Incidents Beset Hospital
A young man apparently troubled by a psychotic experience and brought voluntarily to Mission Hospital Laguna Beach for evaluation, escaped the emergency room at 2:57 a.m. last Friday, Aug. 28, setting off an unsuccessful search by Laguna Beach police. Full Story
Her Lesson Plan Sprouts Gardens in the Tropics
Are prayers answered? Laguna Beach resident Ann Cooper thinks so. So does her counterpart in Fiji, "Ana," and the children attending 18 newly established kindergartens in the island nation. Full Story
New Lifeguard HQ to Expand Down Rather Than Up
After months of public grumbling about height, size and obstruction of ocean views, plans for the new lifeguard headquarters at the north end of Main Beach unanimously approved by the City Council Tuesday night add more room by going deep rather than high. Full Story
Court Upholds Tranquility Over Bullhorns
For the second time in a year, a court has upheld the validity of Laguna Beach's noise ordinance, which was challenged on constitutional grounds by a pro-life activist prohibited from using a bullhorn to deliver his message. Federal District Court Judge Cormac J. Full Story
Flapjacks, Beach Crowds Predicted for Labor Day
Other traditions go by the wayside this holiday
Labor Day holiday marks the bittersweet last hurrah of summer, the green light for school, the death knell of languid sunset barbeques and for some a sense of satisfaction. With the art festivals ended and summer crowds fading, locals start trickling back from their travels, get kids back in school and let fall's rhythm settle in. Full Story
New Programs for a New School Year
Kids may be mourning the end of summer vacation, watching it fade like a fondly earned tan, but Laguna Beach teachers are excited by the week ahead and the opening of school on Tuesday, Sept. 7. "The energy here is bursting. We're ready to go," said high school Principal Don Austin. Full Story
Campbell in Absentia at Health Care Rally
More than 300 Orange County residents withstood summer heat to attend a rally Monday outside the Newport Beach offices of Rep. John Campbell in an effort to ask him to hold a townhall meeting about health reform. Residents young and old held signs, collected petitions, wrote personal letters and sang hymns such as "We Shall Overcome. Full Story
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