In a two-hour workshop Tuesday devoted to the city’s proposed $47 million budget, the City Council added requests for $75,000 to hire a consultant to review historic homes, $5,000 for a citizens’ emergency response training program and an unspecified amount to ongoing bike and pedestrian path improvements. City Manager John Pietig reported that the upcoming [...]
Nov. 19, 1939-March 25, 2012 Ken Wood, partner with Fred Lang in the Laguna Beach landscape architecture firm of Lang and Wood, died in Norway on March 25. It was Wood’s pencil that drew the curving lines of Laguna’s Main Beach boardwalk. He started working with Lang in 1967 and they formed their partnership in [...]
To help raise public awareness of crosswalk safety, Laguna Beach police tested the awareness of drivers along Coast Highway on Wednesday; motor officers wait while a third police officer in a high visibility safety vest crosses. Several motorists were cited for failing to stop. Laguna ranks fourth among 98 similar sized towns for its collision [...]
Even after a heart-rending plea from a mother whose son was killed when his motorcycle was hit by an exiting Emerald Bay resident, the City Council on Tuesday unanimously rejected a proposed traffic signal at the gated community’s main entry. Against a backdrop of emotional pleas, venomous emails and threats of a political backlash, the [...]
By Robin Pierson, Special to the Independent The sign off on Anne Wood’s answering machine ends with an admonition encompassing her mantra for life: “Do something nice for someone.” Wood, who has been serving the community of Laguna Beach in a myriad of capacities for more than 40 years, is the Woman’s Club Woman of [...]
Laguna Beach Republicans plan a grand opening of their local headquarters, Sunday, May 27, at 1464 S. Coast Highway, to be attended by Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, Laguna Beach City Council candidate Steve Dicterow and Assemblyman Allan Mansoor, OC GOP Chairman Scott Baugh, and Laguna Beach Republican President Michele Hall. Laguna Beach Republicans and conservatives are [...]
Presentation on Halliburton House Laguna Friends of Architecture invite the public to a presentation on Halliburton’s Hangover House, Wednesday, May 23, at 6:30 p.m. at the Debilzan Fine Art Gallery, 224 Forest Ave. Architectural historian, lecturer and educator Ted Wells will outline the adventurous life of Richard Halliburton, and will also describe the evolution of [...]
Home Seller Makes Move of Her Own Award-winning First Team agent Andrea Ballesteros joins Laguna Beach’s First Team Estates office at 900 Glenneyre St. With the majority of her business in Laguna Beach, Dana Point and Monarch Beach, she is departing from the Irvine office to be more available to her clients, said Ballesteros, who [...]
Members of the Boys & Girls Club gained real-world work experience while partnering with their local Taco Bell for a fundraiser on Saturday, May 5, in support of the club’s Keystone Teen Leadership Program. The teens had the opportunity to sell a menu item they created at last summer’s Taco Bell Business Camp, the “Encheeselada.” [...]
Kenneth Wynn Wood Nov. 19, 1939-March 25, 2012 Ken Wood, partner with Fred Lang in the Laguna Beach landscape architecture firm of Lang and Wood, died in Ile d’Oleron, France, on March 25. It was Wood’s pencil that drew the curving lines of Laguna’s Main Beach boardwalk. He started working with Lang in 1967 [...]
Steven Harrison hit a solo home run (# 6) in the bottom of the seventh inning to lift the Breakers (18-8) to a 5-4 victory over Victor Valley (10-12) Tuesday, May 15, at Skipper Carrillo Field in a Southern Section CIF Division 4 wild card contest. Laguna started slowly as the Jackrabbits took an early [...]
How can lack of a parking space land you behind bars? In Laguna Beach, it occurs when you pull into a spot marked in red reserved for the police watch commander. That’s what happened to Barbara Louise Kanode, 47, of Newport Beach, who on Wednesday, May 9, took an available spot near City Hall while [...]
“I’m bleeding, I’m bleeding,” yells a disaster victim sprawled on a staircase. Two people respond to the cries and evaluate the extent of the teen’s injuries, perform a bit of first aid, but leave the victim behind to ascend the next floor where more casualties await. The rescuers encounter a survivor apparently in shock, pacing [...]
By Jean Ardell This column is the second of a series about the candidates for the 74th Assembly District. Just before the filing deadline in mid-February, Bob Rush registered as a Democrat and entered the race. Aside from being firmly pro-choice, Rush had been a political “undeclared” for most of his life. That began [...]
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Ignoring a Red Zone Elicits More Than a Ticket
How can lack of a parking space land you behind bars? In Laguna Beach, it occurs when you pull into a spot marked in red reserved for the police watch commander. That’s what happened to Barbara Louise Kanode, 47, of Newport Beach, who on Wednesday, May 9, took an available spot near City Hall while [...]
