Events in the news this week.
The California Coastal Commission will meet Wednesday morning at Marina del Rey to consider conceptual approval for the California Department of Transportation’s $14-million widening proposal for Laguna Canyon Road in Laguna Beach. Caltrans officials say the widening is necessary to reduce the high number of accidents on the winding road; opponents say the accident rate is exaggerated, and they fear that the widening would lure development to the rural, brush-covered hills that line the canyon.
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