In the wake of a ruling requiring public input before the ailing San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station restarts, a local advocacy group aims to collect 5,000 signatures from residents on a petition seeking the plant’s permanent closure. San Clemente Green is also asking residents who live in the fallout zone of the nuclear power plant [...]
New Re/Max Office Opens Downtown Jeff Grice, a real estate investor and broker with a background in property management, has joined Re/Max as owner of its newest office in downtown Laguna Beach, 302 Glenneyre St. Re/Max Evolution will open with five agents – Mark Miller, Kim Avery, Kim Larsen and Angela McIver — and will [...]
Students thirsting to help others have organized the Healing Hands Fundraiser, May 2-5, at Laguna Beach’s Transformation at Gallery 1951, 1951 S. Coast Highway. Students from Laguna Beach, San Clemente, and Laguna Hills high schools will be raising money to bring water to an indigenous village in North India by holding a silent auction [...]
Coastal animal services officer Dana Friedman slipped a bony and listless 20-pound sea lion pup out of his rescue truck and into a portable dog cage and carried it into the Pacific Marine Mammal Center here early Wednesday afternoon. Forty pounds underweight, the sickly sea lion pup was taken inside and swaddled in warm blankets, [...]
Baseball Breakers attempted to compete as a club team last week in the rain-hammered 33rd annual Mid-Pacific Institute Baseball Tournament in Honolulu. The squad did get a few games in to prepare for this week’s season opener in the Costa Mesa division of the 30th Annual Newport Elks Tournament along with Calvary Chapel and Estancia. [...]
By Jane Stahlheber The answer to that question is a resounding Yes! But that’s beside the point. My car broke down recently. Again (sigh). But thanks to public transportation, I laughed like a hyena and thanked God as I unhooked the battery, checked the air in the tire with a slow leak, and wondered [...]
Editor: Some cities are making the modern shift to a sustainable multi-modal mobility plan. On Wednesday night (Oct. 17) the San Clemente Planning Commission approved a new mobility plan into their city’s general plan. Some startling highlights from their comprehensive “Policy Framework – Draft Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan” follow: “We shall incorporate bicycle [...]
Surterre Properties will be helping buyers streamline their search for the perfect home by allowing them to explore over 100 properties in one weekend during Surterre’s Orange County open house event Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 13-14. Surterre agents will show over 100 current listings from Newport Coast to San Clemente in a wide range of [...]
Transition Laguna Beach is hosting Mobility South Orange County, a free event Thursday, Sept. 13, from 7-9 p.m. at Neighborhood Congregational Church’s Bridge Hall. Scheduled speakers include San Clemente’s Pete van Nuys, executive director of Orange County Bicycle Coalition; Laguna Beach Planning Commissioner Norm Grossman; and Frank Peters, member of the Newport Beach Bike Safety Community. [...]
Am I Crazy? The answer is a resounding “yes!” But that’s beside the point. I have been homeless three times. I also have a mental illness, which I believe to be the underlying cause of my homelessness. I recently started taking a medication that appears to be working, and one more time I am [...]
Boys Golf (3-3, 3-0) The squad shot a season low 196 on Monday, March 7, led by Andrew Palmer’s 33 to earn their third league victory this season. Breakers face their two toughest league rivals this coming week with Estancia on Tuesday and traveling to Calvary on Thursday. Swimming (2-0) On Thursday, March 10, the [...]
Breakers Hold Off San Clemente 11-8 By Frank Aronoff Breakers remain undefeated and picked up their fourth victory of the season, overpowering San Clemente last Tuesday, Dec. 22 at the Triton Pool in a non-league match up of playoff division favorites. The host school is currently ranked No. 4 in SS CIF D-II [...]
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 [...]
