June gloom has taken over so completely that I ended up miming its symptoms of dripping, intermittent chills, followed by enough heat to trigger sweating and a cough that made me sound like one of our harbor seals. It has been a long time since I’ve been down for the count. Before this bout of [...]
The city’s fast-growing fleet of 12 novelty trolley buses, which shuttled 582,000 riders around town during the summer art festival season last year, is anything but a free ride. On Tuesday, the City Council agreed to “raid” the city’s parking fund, established to create new parking spaces, in order to lease six trolleys for $100,800 [...]
Ill Prepared Hiker Rescued from Hillside
A sheriff’s helicopter was used to extract a hiker who suffered an anxiety attack and was unable to move from a steep trail in Laguna Beach’s open space about 6 p.m. Sunday, June 9, police said. Lifeguards in an all-terrain vehicle coordinated the extraction from thick brush and a steep slope between Alta Laguna Park [...]
