Cyclist Injured in Collision
Motorists encountered a difficult morning commute along Coast Highway Tuesday, March 8, due to a collision at Agate Street involving a pickup truck and...
Streetbeat
Monday, July 11
Fraud. 1100 block of Crabbe Way. 8 a.m. A resident sent $450 for jewelry that never arrived.
Tuesday, July 12
Trespassing. 900 block of...
Updated: Police Say Burglar Tried on Store Lingerie
A man suspected of breaking into a Laguna Beach lingerie store was seen in a store surveillance video wearing some of the shop’s women’s...
Merchant Pressured for Cash in Phone Scam
After one local business owner reported an aggressive fund-soliciting push by telemarketers that represented themselves as Laguna Beach police affiliates, the real authorities last...
Maralan Hearing Postponed Again
By Justin Swanson | LB Indy
A preliminary hearing scheduled for Friday, March 8 for Saeid Maralan, the former Laguna Beach rug merchant charged with...
Sunday Drive Attracts Attention
A caravan of nearly 100 motorcyclists, including some exhibitionists pulling wheelies as they rode on Coast Highway, made an impression as they roared into...
Street Beat
Tax Refund Gone Missing Results in Arrest
Stephen Reginald McDow, 34, of Laguna Beach, was expected in a Santa Ana courtroom Wednesday for an arraignment...
Fleeing Truck Sets Off a Hot Pursuit
A high-speed police pursuit over 10 miles through Laguna Canyon in the pre-dawn hours Wednesday, Aug. 6, ended without injury and the arrest of...
Laguna Detectives Arrest Man Suspected of Stealing Over $585K
In November 2016, a Laguna Beach resident reported to the Laguna Beach Police Department that he had been the victim of check fraud. Detectives...
Two Pedestrians Struck by a Vehicle
Two pedestrians suffered injuries after being struck about 7:30 p.m. by a vehicle turning onto Thalia Street from Coast Highway on Thursday, March 6.
No...
Fire Forces Christmas Eve Evacuation
The occupants of a three-level ocean-front complex relocated in the early hours of Christmas Eve to a hotel after a fire and water damage...
Thieves Raid Post Office Boxes
About 15 post office boxes in the downtown branch were pried open or attempted to be pried open sometime during the past weekend, Sgt....
Street Beat: July 28 to July 31, 2021
Wednesday, July 28
Petty theft. 100 block of N. Coast Hwy. 8:03 a.m. A possible transient man was reported for stealing miscellaneous food, drinks, and...
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...
Street Beat: Week of Oct. 28
Street Beat: Week of Oct. 28
Oct. 19
DUI. A 54-year-old Laguna Niguel man was arrested on suspicion of misdemeanor DUI and driving without a license....