Pursuit Ends in Motorist’s Arrest
A 28-year-old man was taken into custody early Sunday, Dec. 14, after leading Laguna Beach police on an 80 mph chase along Coast Highway...
Pedestrians in Crosswalks Struck in Two Incidents
By Andrea Adelson | LB Indy
Vehicles southbound on Coast Highway in Laguna Beach struck pedestrians in crosswalks in separate incidents this past Friday and...
Patron Suspected in Bar Fight
Investigators arrested Waref Riad Assaf, 37, of Long Beach, for suspicion of felony battery on Wednesday, Nov. 26, stemming from an unprovoked attack outside...
Wedding Night Tryst Postponed by Arrest
Rap artist, actor and television host Alvin Nathaniel Joiner, better known by his stage name Xzibit, was arrested in Laguna Beach after his own...
Streetbeat
Wednesday, Nov. 19
Keep the peace. 2700 Highland Ave. 2 a.m. A 36-year-old Santa Ana woman was cited for DUI and held for $2500 bail.
Disorderly...
Unlucky Blow to Historical Society
A shopper parking a car unintentionally hit the accelerator and drove into a corner of the porch of the Historical Society about 4:17 p.m....
Streetbeat
Monday, Nov. 3
Traffic collision. S. Coat Hwy. 5:43 p.m. An elderly male driver sideswiped a city trolley and continued southbound, where he hit a...
Streetbeat
Monday, Oct. 27
Burglary. 200 block of Lower Cliff Dr. 1:25 p.m. While a resident was away, an unknown suspect broke into an apartment and...
Streetbeat
Monday, Oct. 20
Burglary. 1700 block of S. Coast Hwy. 12:39 p.m. Someone broke into a restaurant bar area by forcing a door and fled...
Fast-Moving SUV Causes Pile-up
An SUV traveling at a high rate of speed instigated a five-vehicle collision on Park Avenue near midday Wednesday, Oct. 29, police said.
Police temporarily...
Streetbeat
Monday, Oct. 20
Burglary. 1700 block of S. Coast Hwy. 12:39 p.m. Someone broke into a restaurant bar area by forcing a door and fled...
Streetbeat
Monday, 13
Traffic stop. Circle Drive. 1:12 p.m. Joey Brian Caban, 18, of San Clemente, stopped for making an illegal turn, was arrested for allegedly...
Hotel Hit by Two Break-ins
Laguna Beach police surrounded a hotel in the pre-dawn Saturday, Oct. 11, to search for a suspected cat burglar after one guest reported a...
Hotel Hit by Two Break-ins
Laguna Beach police surrounded a hotel in the pre-dawn Saturday, Oct. 11, to search for a suspected cat burglar after one guest reported a...
Another Pedestrian Hit on Coast Highway
A Surf and Sand hotel employee trying to cross Coast Highway without the benefit of a crosswalk was struck by a southbound vehicle Tuesday,...