Laguna Beach’s City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to temporarily renew a contract with the city’s current medical benefits broker, bowing partly to earlier protests by unions representing police and firefighters over the lack of competitive bidding. Laguna will open the insurance brokerage service contract to bids on Sept. 1 for a new contract effective Jan. [...]
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 [...]
By Justin Swanson | LB Indy Over 1,200 hopeful volunteers from all over Orange County responded to the annual Pageant of the Masters casting call in the past week, vying to play a role in the 80th anniversary tableaux. As the last prospective volunteer departed, director Diane Challis Davy faces the process of whittling [...]
World champion mixed martial arts fighter and Laguna Beach resident Frank Shamrock will hold a demonstration of fighting techniques and a signing for his new book Saturday, Oct. 27 at 11 a.m at Optimus Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, 31151 Niguel Road in Laguna Niguel. Laguna Beach Books will host the signing for Shamrock’s book, “Uncaged: My Life [...]
Monday, Aug. 27 Grand theft. 400 Poplar St. 9 a.m. Someone took $2,500 worth of tools in July from a garage. Grand theft. 100 block of Agate St. 11 a.m. A parking meter with dual tops was lifted off the pole and stolen. Petty theft. 12-03292. 200 block of Forest Ave. Timmi Curtis Rantala, 41, [...]
Bryce William Halbert of Laguna Niguel, loving husband, father, son, brother, uncle and friend passed away on Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012. He was 43. Bryce underwent emergency abdominal surgery while on vacation with his family and friends in Cabo San Lucas. A few days after the surgery he developed a pulmonary embolism and pulmonary edema, [...]
Registration for Dana Point Youth Baseball closes Aug. 24. All players from Laguna Beach, Laguna Niguel, Dana Point, San Juan Capistrano, and San Clemente, aged 8-14 as of May 1, 2013 are welcome. Fall registration is $85. DPYB is a Pony Baseball League and we play by major league baseball rules. For more information and sign-ups, [...]
The Artists Fund at Festival of Arts is hosting a prize drawing to win a one-night stay at the Ritz-Carlton in Laguna Niguel, valued at $607, for those who purchase items from the annual Art-To-Go fundraising collection from now until Aug. 11. The bonus drawing will be announced on the Festival grounds on Saturday, Aug. [...]
Four new weekday Metrolink trips were added between Laguna Niguel and Fullerton at 8:50 and 11:30 a.m. beginning this week, making all stops along the Orange County lines. On weekends, four additional trips will run between Los Angeles and Oceanside along the Orange County lines. The added trains will depart Los Angeles Union Station at [...]
Laguna Beach’s District 55 all-star tournament came to an end last Friday, July 6, with a hard fought 15–14 loss to Laguna Niguel. Laguna Beach started the tournament on June 30 losing to Laguna Niguel 10–0, then went on to beat Lake Forest/Saddleback 10–0 and Rancho Niguel 10–1. In Friday’s rematch, Laguna Niguel took the [...]
Cinepolis Luxury Cinemas recently premiered their newest location at Laguna Niguel’s Ocean Ranch shopping center. Moviegoers will experience state of the art, digital auditoriums, leather reclining chairs and call service buttons summoning waiters to take food or beverage orders. A lounge and patio dining area are also available to guests for pre-film food and drinks. [...]
Editor, Groms be gone? Really? As a local father of two boys who both skateboard I always find articles written with such horrifiying accounts of near fatal events with local skateboarders to be taken seriously, but as I wrote many years ago where do these kids go to preform their sport? Dog park? Out. [...]
Laguna Niguel’s Crown Valley Divers recently won AAU National titles and Laguna Beach resident Mackenzie Peasley contributed to team points in her performance on the 1 and 3-meter springboard events. Coach Ila Wilson said Mackenzie, 10 placed 9th on 3 meter where her best dive was a reverse one and a half-sommersault in the [...]
An article about a grand jury report in the June 24 edition (“Top-Paying Jobs Under Scrutiny” incorrectly identified the location where the city manager’s pay came fire. It was in Laguna Hills, not Laguna Niguel. Jason Cullmann’s name was misspelled in the June 24 article “New Artists Enliven Summer Festivals.” Georgia Andersen’s role was imprecisely [...]
In a report by the Orange County Grand Jury examining public-employee compensation by the county’s 34 cities, Laguna Beach and Newport Beach were singled out for an outsized number of employees reaping $100,000 plus salaries compared to its population. In addition, Laguna, along with most cities in the county, received poor marks from the jury [...]
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 [...]
