By Justin Swanson | LB Indy First conceived as the only surf shop at the tip of Baja, Mexico, in 1987, Costa Azul grew by one and set up shop in Laguna Beach in 1991 by founder, owner, surfboard shaper, and native Laguna resident Rod Greenup. Then in his early 20s, Greenup began shaping [...]
William D. Bird, Jr. passed away early on Jan. 29, 2013 in his Laguna Beach home with his beloved wife Nancy at his side. He was 89. Bill was born in Bird’s Point, Mo., a small town on the Mississippi River settled by his ancestors preceding the Louisiana Purchase of 1803 before it was part [...]
It was a “Leave it to Beaver” kitchen, Mexican style. Simple stained and varnished plywood cabinets, well-loved and clean. They had the original 1960s slim copper handles with the tapered ends. These and the matching hinges were polished bright. Aqua tiles and the aqua walls and ceiling added intense color, the Mexican touch. Ruffled cherry [...]
Laguna Art Museum’s Executive Director Malcolm Warner was elected to the Association of Art Museum Directors . “It’s an honor—and it’s also very useful,” Warner commented. “The AAMD meetings are a great opportunity for museum leaders to make the connections that lead to collaborations—the sharing of exhibitions for instance.” The AAMD represents approximately 210 directors [...]
A snow-covered plain in the Eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains, a set of pipelines traversing barren soil, a concrete channel that was once a bucolic river bed, views of downtown Los Angeles and, finally, the Pacific Ocean at Long Beach, tinged resplendently by the setting sun. These images, distinguished by subtle drama, coloration and not always [...]
Suds Up to Aid Orphans Students at the Community Learning Center at Top of the World School will hold their fifth annual car wash and bake sale to benefit children at the Door of Faith Orphanage near Rosarito, Mexico, on Saturday, May 12 from 8:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. The event will take place in [...]
View from the Coop When on our early morning walks one of our favorite stops is to check on Paul Pflueger’s chickens. We’d hear their cluck-clucking, a comforting sound that says that all is well in the world of hens. Peering over the fence in the back yard, we’d see them scratching and pecking, going [...]
Specialty flower store, the English Garden, 1199 S. Coast Highway, is celebrating their 20th year in business with an open house all day on March 2. Established on March 1, 1991, by Anita Valdez, whose family is also in the florist business, the shop added staff as business blossomed. Today, the shop offers weekly [...]
Thurston sixth graders Garrett Tyler and Guy Thomas competed in the SCVA Holiday Classic Volleyball Tournament in Torrance recently. The two-day tournament drew 32 teams from all over California, and as far away as Arizona and Mexico. Tyler and Thomas play for Lake Forest’s Orange Coast Volleyball Club 14 and under boys division, which sent [...]
After relinquishing supervisorial duties at the city’s homeless shelter, the Laguna Resource Center is focusing on restocking its food pantry for people in need and overcoming the loss of a major food donor due to the questionable diversion of food to Mexico. Helping Hand Worldwide and its founder, Laguna Beach resident Sita Helms, lodged an [...]
U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested two illegal aliens last Thursday in Laguna Beach, among possibly nine passengers aboard a small, panga-style boat that disgorged its human cargo along Emerald Bay’s crescent oceanfront, some of the county’s priciest real estate. Nine life jackets and 13 gas cans containing 80 gallons of fuel were found on the [...]
Cody Day lived out his 15.5 years on North Laguna’s Noria Street, inspiring neighbors down the street as well as folks he never met around the world. His mom, Dallas Day said, “he touched people like the ripples of a pebble in the pond.” Diagnosed with brain cancer in November 2005, Cody passed away last [...]
Laguna Beach residents Susan and Don Campbell underwrite an orphanage in Mexico by sailing in Orange County. Susan, who holds a Coast Guard-issued captain’s license, and her husband, Don, offer trips aboard their 34-foot Catalina sailboat, “Campbell Sloop.” They can board six passengers from Dana Point Harbor and offer tours of the local coastline, sunset [...]
Mild Here, But Not in Tornado Alley From today through Sept. 10 the sun will set at 7:15 p.m. or later. Our latest sunset occurs on June 21 at 8:08 p.m. and sets at that time until July 7. On this date in 1997 the ocean temperature in Laguna was already 72 degrees thanks to [...]
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 [...]
