Laguna Beach recognized contributions of greeters Sunday during the second International Greeter Day. More than 100 people stopped to say hello and learn about greeters such as Michael Minutoli, the man who waves to motorists and passersby on the corner of Brooks Street and South Coast Highway,...
After winning three trophies at the National Scholastic Surfing Assn. (NSSA) Western Regional Championships, Parker Cohn created quite the buzz around him. Could he be the next great surfer to come out of Newport Beach? Cohn, an intelligent and creative 17-year-old, plans to answer the question...
Laguna Beach police last week arrested a Laguna Beach man on suspicion of stalking, criminal threats and burglary, according to a news release. Gregory Murray, 28, was arrested Friday at his residence, police said. Officers responded to a Laguna Beach residence on June 8 after an occupant awoke...
Summer is officially here, and so is Summerfest. Fountain Valley’s annual carnival opened Thursday with food trucks, live entertainment and 30 rides at the Fountain Valley Sports Park. The festivities continue through Sunday. Saturday also will feature a classic car and truck show from 7 a.m. to...
CVS Health has appealed the Laguna Beach Planning Commission’s decision earlier this month to deny the retail pharmacy chain’s bid to move into a Broadway Street property currently occupied by Laguna Drug. Commissioners on June 7 claimed the company’s merchandise mix did not differentiate itself...
The “Walt and the Flying Bull” gallery at the Orange County Great Park is a homecoming of sorts for the land’s artistic and military history. During World War II, Walt Disney Productions produced around 1,200 designs for American and allied military units, including the El Toro “Flying Bull” logo...
Our city’s commercial-friendly groupthink has made it official: Welcome to Laguna Beach, the Disneyland of O.C. beach communities, whether residents like it or not. Take that Huntington and Newport. Yes, we can. We can “out-gaudy” you, we can better deface and clutter our sidewalks, we can monetize...
Many of my neighbors and I in the Heights are in opposition to the construction of a six-lane “freeway” along what is fondly referred to as Mariner's Mile. To turn several established neighborhoods upside down to construct a six-lane highway for such a short stretch of land appears to us, in Newport...
I often speak of the nexus between public policies that affect real estate practitioners and those that affect everyone else. Perhaps there is no better example of this nexus than our current affordable housing crisis. While Realtors have trouble finding listings, other people have trouble finding...
The GOP truly is the party of Reagan – Nancy Reagan, that is. Its entire agenda consists of the former first lady’s anti-drug mantra: “Just Say No.” No to any policies that address the very real problems in 21st Century America. Our government used to have statesmen on both sides of the aisle who...
This June is the fourth annual Immigration Heritage month, which highlights contributions that immigrants have made — and continue to make — in America. It’s a time to celebrate our diversity, as well as to show support for our immigrant colleagues, neighbors and friends. I am a proud daughter...
A Newport Beach man who orchestrated a drug operation that produced “spice,” or synthetic marijuana, was sentenced Thursday to 120 months in federal prison, authorities said. Sean Libbert, 41, orchestrated a “wide-reaching conspiracy” that smuggled, manufactured and distributed millions of dollars...
Two out-of-state men were charged Thursday with pimping out of a Costa Mesa motel, authorities said. Tyshawn Johnson, 30, of Buffalo, N.Y., and Marco Marcellus Mowry, 34, of Honolulu are facing felony counts of pimping and pandering, according to the Orange County district attorney’s office. If...
Fountain Valley police arrested a man this week suspected of kidnapping and assaulting a woman. Officers responded Sunday to a report of a possible domestic violence and kidnapping incident in the 16000 block of Harbor Boulevard, police said. Witnesses reported seeing a man dragging a woman into...
Newport Beach police said they arrested four people this week after pulling over a car and finding empty magazines for a semiautomatic rifle, along with drugs and other people’s identification cards. An officer pulled over a Hyundai Elantra near the intersection of Rutland Road and Westcliff Drive...