Editor, After attending a most enjoyable evening of the “Lagunatics” show, one of the numbers “Down in Laguna,” listed about five long gone downtown businesses. My memory was stimulated to remember over 50 more! See those listed below. I only go back to about 1960 in Laguna so I’m sure there are many, many more. [...]
Editor, The city of Paris subsidizes some businesses because they believe they serve a unique public service. The City Council could have easily told the new owner of the Coast Inn to keep the Boom Boom open because it was a destination dance and food establishment for thousands who came to Laguna when [...]
Perhaps not as storied as New York’s Stonewall Inn, site of a 1969 police raid and uprising that sparked the modern gay rights movement, still Laguna Beach’s Boom Boom Room is revered nearly as dearly among Orange County’s gay community. The dance club best known for its Wednesday night drag shows is a widely-known drawing [...]
Ill Prepared Hiker Rescued from Hillside
A sheriff’s helicopter was used to extract a hiker who suffered an anxiety attack and was unable to move from a steep trail in Laguna Beach’s open space about 6 p.m. Sunday, June 9, police said. Lifeguards in an all-terrain vehicle coordinated the extraction from thick brush and a steep slope between Alta Laguna Park [...]
