High Winds Cause Damage
Strong Santa Ana winds broke off tree limbs and damaged cars at several points around town Saturday, Dec. 26, but police received no reports...
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Teen Assaulted on Beach
A 16-year-old Laguna Beach boy was detained by police and taken to Juvenile Hall late Tuesday after an acquaintance reported he...
Police Log: Week of Jan. 4 to Jan. 10
Thursday, Jan. 4
Burglary, possessing a controlled substance and paraphernalia, burglary tools. Joseph Hernandez, 29, of Chino Hills, was arrested on suspicion of burglary, possessing...
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Unceremonious End to Father’s Day
A Laguna Beach father and his 21-year-old son together capped off Father’s Day with a post-holiday fist fight with a...
Woman Arraigned in Collision Death
Leslie Juarez, 27, of Laguna Beach, was arraigned Tuesday in the death of a motorcyclist and injury of another motorist, the district attorney’s office...
Fighter’s Arrest Was Due to a Mistake, Attorney Says
Mixed martial arts professional Ian Gregory McCall, who competes in the 125-pound flyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, was sentenced to 32 days...
Police Target the Unbuckled
Laguna police join a national seat belt enforcement crackdown that begins Monday, May 19.
Despite a seatbelt usage rate of 97.4 percent, California still has...
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...
LBPD Seeks Help Identifying Forced Entry Suspects
On Sept. 13, the two subjects pictured were captured on video surveillance at the Seaside Laguna Inn in Laguna Beach. The suspects arrived at...
Street Beat 9/28/12
Monday, Sept. 17
Pedestrian stop. 1:41 a.m. 300 block of Broadway St. Dwight Francis Duggan, 54, of Escondido was arrested for an outstanding $7,500 warrant.
Fraud....
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Tuesday, Sept. 2
Stolen vehicle. 700 block of Summit Dr. 10:59 a.m. A blue Porsche 911 with the plate EQUID7 was stolen from a driveway....
Two Hikers Rescued by Helicopter
In two separate unrelated incidents, helicopters were deployed to extract injured hikers from Laguna Coast Wilderness trails, said fire department Division Chief Dan Stefano.
A...
Police Nab Would-be Robber
Police arrested a suspected bank robber that emerged from a downtown restroom wearing a disguise.
Dana Richard Arnold, 28, of San Diego, allegedly presented a...
Street Beat 9/20/13
Pedestrian Injured in Collision
A 56-year-old visitor was injured when struck in a crosswalk by a vehicle turning at Cress Street onto Coast Highway about...
Smithcliffs Hit by Jewelry Thieves
Detectives are investigating two home burglaries where more than $600,000 in jewelry was stolen within Laguna Beach’s gated ocean-front enclave of Smithcliffs last week.
“There...