Professional volleyball player Raúl Papaleo was named coach of Laguna Beach High School’s girls varsity team, Principal Joanne Culverhouse announced Tuesday. “Raúl’s excellent experience as a player and a coach–and his focus on positive and winning attitudes will build and establish good relationships with our community and our players,” Culverhouse said. “He has a very [...]
Lance Stewart, former volleyball coach and three-sport star at Laguna Beach High, was inducted into the UC Berkeley Sports Hall of Fame last Saturday. He received the award in part for his MVP performance as a setter on Cal’s first club national championship team in 1985. “It was kind of cool,” said Stewart, who was [...]
As expected, the Breakers (17-10, 10-0) and their long time nemesis, Corona del Mar (25-4) are the two top seeds for this year’s Division II CIF Southern Section playoffs that started this past week. Laguna faced the winner of the Arroyo Grande (17-9) and Littlerock (15-2) match yesterday and should they prevail, go on to [...]
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 [...]
