Tag: Laguna Beach

Orphanage Goes Up In Kenya

Orphanage Goes Up In Kenya

| May 18, 2013 | 0 Comments

By Justin Swanson | LB Indy   Living up to its name, With Our Two Hands, representatives of the Laguna Beach-based nonprofit will welcome orphans to a new home in Kenya this weekend. From funding through fruition, the seven-month, $40,000 project culminates in a ceremonial opening on Sunday, May 19, according to the founder. Laguna [...]

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Getting Out 5/17/13

Getting Out 5/17/13

| May 15, 2013 | 0 Comments

Singer Teri Ralston Performs in Concert No Square Theatre presents Broadway singer Teri Ralston in a one night, 7:30 p.m. solo concert on Monday, May 20, 384 Legion St. Ralston, who grew up in Laguna Beach, will reprise her cabaret show, “Songs I’ve Grown Into.” She is currently in “Steel Magnolias” at Laguna Playhouse. Reserved [...]

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Openings 5/17/13

Openings 5/17/13

| May 15, 2013 | 0 Comments

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 [...]

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Celebrating a Century Plus One

Celebrating a Century Plus One

| May 15, 2013 | 0 Comments

Laguna Beach resident Lillian Lloyd celebrated her 101st birthday this week. She outlived her late husband Stanley and lives in a retirement park, still enjoying cooking, cleaning, spending time with her family and friends and watching basketball, says great-grandaughter Heather Lloyd.        

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Shore Scene: Siting a Silvery Legend

Shore Scene: Siting a Silvery Legend

| May 15, 2013 | 0 Comments

By Mia Davidson and Jan Sattler   Midnight grunion runs are part of California lore. Having a geographic range from the coastal waters of northern Baja California to most recently San Francisco, the California grunion (Leuresthes tenuis) are found most commonly off the coast of Los Angeles, Orange and San Diego counties. The name is [...]

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Concerns Over Weaknesses in View Proposal

Concerns Over Weaknesses in View Proposal

| May 15, 2013 | 0 Comments

Editor, The steering committee of Citizens for View Preservation and Restoration has issued the attached position statement on the just released draft view ordinance. We strongly support Mayor Boyd’s initiative to create a view ordinance “with teeth in it”. However, we are concerned that the latest draft includes sections that will weaken the view ordinance. [...]

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Bad Behavior by Park Opponents

Bad Behavior by Park Opponents

| May 15, 2013 | 3 Comments

Editor, On Thursday, May 10 a ‘neighborhood’ meeting was held at Moulton Meadows Park. The meeting was called because Mayor Kelly Boyd, and Councilmen Steve Dicterow have been working tirelessly for months to finally get a skate park built here in Laguna Beach for our youth. They were able to get the renowned Tony Hawk [...]

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Routine Visitor Spouts Off About Trees

Routine Visitor Spouts Off About Trees

| May 15, 2013 | 0 Comments

Editor, Well if there are no trees in downtown Laguna Beach, then it will definitely be hot this summer with no shade (unless the store fronts have canopies over the store front windows) and no breeze since the canyon acts as a block to the breeze. I visit Laguna Beach every two weeks on a Sunday and even [...]

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Locals Win in Brazilian Skim Event

Locals Win in Brazilian Skim Event

| May 15, 2013 | 0 Comments

Laguna Beach’s Sam Stinnett defended his title during the United Skim Tour skimboarding competition last month in Ubatuba, Brazil, riding a long-lasting sidewave on a beach halfway between Rio de Janiero and Sao Paulo. The unique topography of Sununga beach is well-known in skimboarding circles because incoming waves reflect off of a natural rock wall [...]

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Rotary Spoils Angels’ Friday

Rotary Spoils Angels’ Friday

| May 15, 2013 | 0 Comments

  The Laguna Hills Little League Angels recently hosted Laguna Beach majors division team Rotary to Friday Night Lights. Rotary’s Sam Kluver got the scoring going with a sacrifice fly with the bases loaded, with Zach Bonnin recording a run. Lance Detweiler continued the good fortune for Rotary, hitting a line drive into center, scoring [...]

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Locals Win in Brazilian Skim Event

Locals Win in Brazilian Skim Event

| May 15, 2013 | 0 Comments

Laguna Beach’s Sam Stinnett defended his title during the United Skim Tour skimboarding competition last month in Ubatuba, Brazil, riding a long-lasting sidewave on a beach halfway between Rio de Janiero and Sao Paulo. The unique topography of Sununga beach is well-known in skimboarding circles because incoming waves reflect off of a natural rock wall [...]

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Laguna Defends its Water Wise Title

Laguna Defends its Water Wise Title

| May 9, 2013 | 0 Comments

For the second year in a row, more Laguna Beach residents pledged to conserve water, save energy, and cut pollution than in other small towns also taking part in a national contest aimed at curbing water and energy use across the nation. The Wyland Foundation and Toyota on May 3 announced the winning cities of [...]

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South Laguna Shows its Charms on Home Tour

South Laguna Shows its Charms on Home Tour

| May 9, 2013 | 0 Comments

This year’s Charm House Tour, Village Laguna’s annual celebration of Laguna Beach’s original homes, will take place on Sunday, May 19. The tour will begin in the front parking lot of Mission Hospital Laguna, 31872 S. Coast Highway, from noon until 5 p.m. Parking is free on the fourth floor roof of the Mission Hospital [...]

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Local Observer Parses His Own Words

Local Observer Parses His Own Words

| May 9, 2013 | 0 Comments

 “It Takes a Villager: Wit and Wisdom by Laguna’s Irreverent Observer,” a collection of newspaper columns written over a span of 50 years by Laguna Beach writer and activist Arnold Hano, was recently published by Laurel Press. In the words of Dan Duling, scriptwriter for the Pageant of the Masters, “These collected scenes personalize local [...]

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Shore Scene: Burrowing Bug of the Beach

Shore Scene: Burrowing Bug of the Beach

| May 9, 2013 | 0 Comments

By Mia Davidson and Jan Sattler Colored a light sandy gray with an oval shaped body, Pacific mole crabs (Emerita analoga) also called Pacific sand crabs are found in great abundance in Laguna Beach.  They are located in the exposed surf zone between the lowest and highest reach of the waves, buried in the shifting [...]

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