Mission Hospital will seek permission of state Public Health Department regulators to allow admitted patients to recover in under-used private rooms of the intensive care unit in the Laguna Beach campus. City officials who last week learned of the initiative initially feared that hospital administrators intended to close the unit altogether, which would also trigger [...]
Two people died and a third suffered minor injuries in a head-on collision that resulted in the partial closure of Laguna Canyon Road early Tuesday, April 2, disrupting the routines of early morning commuters, police said. The road, closed between El Toro Road and state Highway 73, is expected to reopen this afternoon after the conclusion of [...]
Lyle Evans Proctor of Laguna Beach passed away peacefully at his home on Jan. 13, 2013. He was 88. Born in Soldier, Kan., Lyle moved to Southern California with his family as a boy, and attended Belmont High School in Los Angeles. Patriotic and brave, at age 18, Lyle began service for the U.S. Coast [...]
Marissa Greenough became the first senior from the 2012 Breakers volleyball squad with firm indoor plans for 2013 as the three-year varsity player committed to Erskine College, Due West, S.C. The Division II school is part of a 12-member Carolina conference, one of the few leagues that offers competition in both men’s and women’s volleyball. [...]
A homeless man from Oklahoma suffered severe injuries last Saturday, Nov. 3, when struck by a vehicle while attempting to cross Coast Highway outside of a crosswalk near Laguna Beach’s Three Arch Bay, police said Monday. The injured person, who was not further identified, was transported to Mission Hospital in Mission Viejo with moderate to [...]
Thirty-two couples competed in a Laguna Beach Lawn Bowling Club tournament in Heisler Park, a fundraiser for Mission Viejo’s Pet Rescue Center. The recent event featured tutorials and coaching by the clubs volunteer staff, three spirited elimination rounds, a competition for best hat, food and drink and a raffle, all to raise awareness and funds [...]
Mission Hospital recently received Magnet recognition from the American Nurses Credentialing Center, considered the highest national honor bestowed upon nursing services, Mission administrators said in a statement. With this credential, Mission Hospital joins the Magnet community of 393 health care organizations out of nearly 6,000 nationwide. U.S. News & World Report’s annual ranking of best [...]
Police found a 39-year-old homeless man unconscious and his face covered in blood as a result of a beating outside the city’s homeless shelter on Monday, June 4, police confirmed. A witness video recorded the assault on his phone, which showed the 6:33 p.m. altercation in the parking lot a short distance from the emergency [...]
Grappling with who’s ultimately responsible, Laguna Beach’s City Council unanimously agreed Tuesday to proceed with a social host ordinance that would make it illegal for adults to serve alcohol to teenagers other than their own. City staff was directed to draft such a measure and present it at a later date. If enacted, Laguna will [...]
An ordinance that would prohibit hosts from serving minors alcoholic drinks or controlled substances in private homes and impose penalties on violators will be considered by Laguna Beach’s City Council on Tuesday, May 1. This week, the school board unanimously voted its support for the proposal. The measure aims to dissuade parents from allowing underage [...]
Kenneth McFarland was named president and chief executive of Mission Hospital, which operates campuses in Mission Viejo and Laguna Beach, St. Joseph Health System announced this week. McFarland, 50, of San Clemente, has worked for Mission Hospital as chief financial officer since 1998, but also served the last six months as interim chief executive. [...]
Editor: I just got through reading my very own copy of the “Good Neighbor Lighting in Laguna Beach” pamphlet. Gosh, and here I thought that the main reason so many of us want to live here is because it’s not Mission Viejo… Silly me. Kurt Mahoney, Laguna Beach
Peter Bastone, the longtime president and chief executive of 552-bed Mission Hospital, which has campuses in Mission Viejo and Laguna Beach, will resign June 30 to pursue other opportunities, St. Joseph Health Systems announced Monday, April 11. Bastone, 53, has been with Mission for 15 years, coming from Daniel Freeman Hospital in Inglewood. During his [...]
With shocking images from Japan’s quake and tsunami last month as a sobering reminder, Laguna Beach’s city officials aim to bolster disaster readiness here by learning hard-won lessons from victims of local catastrophes at a City Hall workshop Saturday, April 9. “We need to hear the experiences and the ideas firsthand so that we can [...]
Navigating the eerily quiet hallways of Mission Hospital Laguna Beach on almost any Friday or Saturday night during the school year are several Laguna Beach High School students. From 10 p.m. to 1:30 a.m., their destination is a small, nondescript room, barely large enough to accommodate a conference table and chairs. It is unexceptional in [...]
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 [...]
