Charlotte Marie McManus, a resident of Laguna Beach for 53 years, passed away Wednesday, March 13, 2013. She was 86. She was our mother, mentor, benefactor, and friend. She was born Nov. 29, 1926 in Chicago, Ill., to Albert Frank Comiskey and Charlotte Ann (Lottie) Verry. She came to California as a young woman [...]
Deputy Treasurer Post Filled Margaret Hanson will serve as deputy treasurer on a pro bono basis, city Treasurer Laura Parisi announced this week. Hanson has over 20 years of financial management experience. She and her husband are Laguna Beach residents. Exhibits Director Announced The Festival of Arts hired Ron Morrissette as its new exhibits [...]
Money raised by Laguna Beach’s Soroptimist International and its partner, Newport Beach’s Woman of the Wells, have built four wells in India. The first of eight wells planned were installed in the villages of Dukari Pada, Gultaare and Pepal Gaon, located in State of Maharashtra, India. The previous water sources for these tribal villages were [...]
Eco-Warrior Takes Up the Adopt-a-Beach Torch The California Coastal Commission has partnered with the recently established Eco-Warrior Foundation to organize Laguna Beach’s Adopt-A-Beach Program, the first of which is scheduled for Saturday, March 23 at multiple locations. “We are extremely proud to be partnering with the California Coastal Commission on their Adopt-A-Beach program and providing a [...]
Religious Services The following are local services for Palm Sunday, March 24 and Easter, March 31: United Universalist Fellowship – 10:30 a.m. Palm Sunday; 10:30 a.m. Easter, 429 Cypress Dr. Church By the Sea – 8:30 and 10:30 a.m. Palm Sunday; 6:30 a.m. Easter sunrise service at the end Moulton Meadows Park down the fire [...]
Irvine’s Tarbut V’Torah Day School honored top volunteers, Newport Beach’s Sam Wyman and Laguna Beach’s Lou Weiss, during its annual fundraising event. Weiss, a long-time Laguna resident, played a role in founding two local Jewish institutions. He was a founding member of Chabad of Laguna and Tarbut V’Torah was founded in memory of his first [...]
Philip C. Herbert, 73, a long time resident of Orange County passed away on March 12, 2013, in Prescott, Ariz., with his loving wife Katherine by his side. He is survived by children Scott, Kristine, and Penny; grandchildren Brynna, Stephen, Gianna, Kristin, EvaJean, Justin, and Meghan; great grandson Taylor; brothers Mick and Larry and sister Mollie. [...]
Laguna Beach glass blowing artist Gavin Heath, front, straddles “Tidepool Paddleboard,” the bench he created with local metal sculptor Larry Gill, at the dedication last Saturday, March 9 by Laguna Beach Mayor Kelly Boyd in Heisler Park. Beverly Kaye donated the funds for the bench, which bears a plaque remembering her parents who enjoyed the [...]
Scharf Competes For Youth of the Year Ellie Scharf, 17, of the Laguna Beach Boys and Girls Club represented Laguna Beach competing for the title of Orange County Youth of the Year and the chance to win a $1,000 scholarship last week. She was named local youth of the year on Wednesday, Feb. 6 at [...]
April 18, 1926 – Feb. 5, 2013 Lylah Jean Runingen Almon, a longtime Laguna Beach resident, died peacefully at her Laguna Woods home Feb. 5, 2013 at the age of 86. Lylah had a simple upbringing. She was raised on a small family farm in Houston, Minn., along with her brothers Reginald and Glen [...]
May 15, 1927-Feb. 10, 2013 You are beloved daughter of Margaret Gertrude and Thomas Henry Conroy; charming wife to David William Upham, Sr., and Cmdr. Richard Newman Billings, USN (deceased); resolute mother to David William Upham, Jr., (deceased), Jonathan Conroy Upham (Patty), Christopher Allison Upham (Susannah) and Jennifer Upham Saunders (Dan); untiring grandmother [...]
Former Festival of Arts artist and board member Robert Freeman, aka Philip, died of natural causes on Feb. 13, 2013. Freeman was born in River Rouge, Mich., in 1925. He met his wife to-be Jean Sampson at the Detroit Society of Arts and Crafts, which was later renamed the Center for Creative Studies. Both studied [...]
Lyle Evans Proctor of Laguna Beach passed away peacefully at his home on Jan. 13, 2013. He was 88. Born in Soldier, Kan., Lyle moved to Southern California with his family as a boy, and attended Belmont High School in Los Angeles. Patriotic and brave, at age 18, Lyle began service for the U.S. Coast [...]
Empathy From the Ground Up Boy Scout Jack Reed of Laguna Beach Troop 35 recently collected over 250 new socks to donate to the Friendship Shelter. In a month’s time, the sixth-grader at Thurston Middle School went door-to-door, sent emails to friends, and put up flyers at local businesses. The name of his campaign was [...]
Registration is underway for the next Community Emergency Response Team course and applications by residents 18 years or older must be submitted by March 18. Online registration is available at www.lagunabeachcity.net. Email to jvillwock@lagunabeachcity.net or drop it off at the Police Department, 505 Forest Ave., L.B. The course trains volunteers to assist in case of [...]
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 [...]
