By Pat Chatlin The day the Laguna Beach Garden Club announces that Lower Lombardy Lane is going to be “a point of interest” on its prestigious Spring Garden Tour is a mixed bag for some of us. My husband’s nine-foot tall welded “Nature Totem” sculpture will be featured in the guidebook. At first, visions of [...]
Magical gardens, the stuff of fairytales, exist in Laguna Beach if one knows where to look. Those with tickets to the Laguna Beach Garden Club tour on May 4 will need only follow the pixie dust between eight such gardens during the annual tour, which this time threads through the private community of Three Arch [...]
Bright orange pumpkins, pale honeydew melons, dark green bell peppers, striped cucumber melons and the aroma of basil and mint enrich the landscape of the El Morro Elementary School Garden. At the school dismissal bell, Garden Club students brimming with enthusiasm enter the garden gates. Parent and garden volunteer Sharael Kolberg awaits with an interesting [...]
Exchange Club Speaker Shares About Escaping Communism Club member Christina Vickers will talk about her experiences about escaping from a Communist bloc country at the Exchange Club 12:15 p.m. meeting on Thursday, March 10. The club meets at the Watermarc Restaurant (upstairs) 448 South Coast Highway. The cost for non-members is $20. Direct any [...]
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 [...]
