Editor, What is the quickest way for Laguna Beach to raise more revenue other than taxes and parking fines? That’s right, honey, put up a parking lot. In the interest of maintaining village appeal through zoning restrictions and height limitations, the city has constrained business development to the extent they gross more revenue from parking [...]
William D. Bird, Jr. passed away early on Jan. 29, 2013 in his Laguna Beach home with his beloved wife Nancy at his side. He was 89. Bill was born in Bird’s Point, Mo., a small town on the Mississippi River settled by his ancestors preceding the Louisiana Purchase of 1803 before it was part [...]
Every home and business in Laguna Beach with a toilet contributes to the waste stream flowing into a treatment plant located within the Aliso Canyon wilderness park, upstream from Aliso Beach. From there, the solid waste, or sludge, crosses four miles of parkland underground through aging, pressurized pipes to a regional treatment plant in Laguna [...]
It is a brand new year, but before we plunge into it, let me share some thoughts for the past year, 2012, may it pass blissfully into our shared consciousness. 1. The political pundits told us the presidential election would be too-close-to call. The polls had them neck-n-neck, then on Election Day, it was over [...]
Editor, I was glad to read in the last issue that the LBPD recently received a state grant for preventing traffic deaths and injuries (“LBPD Awarded Grant,” Nov. 23 edition). I found it a bit ironic that the photo illustrating the article is of a collision at the Emerald Bay entrance in North Laguna, since [...]
Police investigators intend to seek illegal dumping charges against a 67-year-old Newport Coast resident who is suspected of flinging used adult diapers outside the gated Laguna Beach neighborhoods of Irvine Cove and Emerald Bay multiple times over the past six months, according to police. Police did not further identify the suspected dumper, who allegedly made [...]
Emerald Bay resident and libero Harold Noriega competed on the winning team in this year’s USA Open Volleyball Nationals, the top amateur tournament. The May 26-29 event in Salt Lake City, Utah, was the eighth time Noriega competed at the USA Open. The tournament is hosted by USA Volleyball, which supervises the indoor and sand [...]
If there’s no signal at the main entrance to Emerald Bay, no other road improvements can be pursued there, Caltrans officials said Wednesday. The statement came a week after the Laguna Beach City Council rejected a left-turn traffic signal proposed by the gated community intended to make exiting its main gate at North Coast Highway [...]
Editor, There is no question that the existing Coast Highway traffic configuration at the Emerald Bay main gate is dangerous. The issue is whether it would be better or worse if a traffic signal were to be installed. I have three comments that I did not hear raised at the City Council meeting last week [...]
Even after a heart-rending plea from a mother whose son was killed when his motorcycle was hit by an exiting Emerald Bay resident, the City Council on Tuesday unanimously rejected a proposed traffic signal at the gated community’s main entry. Against a backdrop of emotional pleas, venomous emails and threats of a political backlash, the [...]
Editor, Re: proposed Emerald Bay signal My suggestion is to move the entrance further into the complex, getting the cars off the street or letting the workers in earlier. Warren Goff, Laguna Beach
Editor, (The letter was also addressed to top city administrators and elected officials.) I write in support of installing the proposed traffic signal at Emerald Bay and Coast Highway. My opinion is informed by personal history. I lived in Three Arch Bay before there was a signal, and even before there was a guard gate [...]
Editor, Emerald Bay does not need a traffic signal. It needs a “no left turn” signal. This will allow residents wishing to go south to use the existing safe exits. It is also much cheaper. Henry W. Pribram, Laguna Beach
Environmental arguments opposing a controversial proposed traffic signal at the main gate of North Laguna’s exclusive Emerald Bay community were dismissed last week by a Superior Court, sweeping aside another obstacle for signal supporters. But opponents aren’t accepting the judicial detour. “There’s a huge number of people within the community who oppose the light,” contends [...]
Editor: I am writing to urge support of the project to install a traffic signal and increase the safety on North Coast Highway at the main entrance to Emerald Bay. My wife and I moved to Emerald Bay in 1984. Shortly after that time, we had some very close calls when exiting the main [...]
Police Use Taser to Subdue Assault Suspect
An assault involving three men escalated into a struggle with Laguna Beach police, who ultimately deployed a taser twice to subdue the younger combative suspect in the 300 block of Cozumel around 1:15 a.m. Friday, May 10, police said. Police ultimately arrested Laguna Beach resident Sergio Gabriel Borgognone, 51, for allegedly resisting arrest and his [...]
