Street Beat

Monday, Jan. 9 Power outage. 7 a.m. Power outage affecting 4,000 customers from Nyes Place to Aliso dip. Tuesday, Jan. 10 Burglary. 8:36 a.m. 400 block of...

Monday, Jan. 16 Found property. 9:08 a.m. A backpack was found in a lot in the 300 block of Broadway.   Vandalism. 9:38 a.m. 300 block of...

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...

The out-of-town owner of a vacant Loretta Drive home listed for sale reported discovering Sunday that her listing agent had set up an unauthorized office in the dwelling, according to police.

A 31-year-old Lake Forest man who allegedly swung a machete at a Laguna Beach teacher was taken into custody by law enforcement authorities in...

Emergency personnel in Laguna Beach turned to helicopter medical evacuations more than once over the Labor Day weekend, rescuing injured swimmers in South Laguna...

Two young women stranded on a rock reef at Thousand Steps Beach as the tide was rising were rescued by sheriff’s deputies and lifeguards...

Police Pursue False Report Charges Police will ask prosecutors to charge a 19-year-old Dana Point man with filing a false stolen-vehicle report after he allegedly...

Tuesday, March 22 Traffic stop. 2:04 a.m. Thalia Street. A 41-year-old Laguna Beach woman was arrested for DUI and held for $2,500 bail. Fraud. 11:01 a.m....

An unidentified and intoxicated teen-ager wearing a Halloween costume was rescued after a 50-foot fall down an embankment above Aliso Creek shortly after midnight...

An SUV traveling at a high rate of speed instigated a five-vehicle collision on Park Avenue near midday Wednesday, Oct. 29, police said. Police temporarily...

Sunday, Oct. 14 Disturbance. 1:35 a.m. 600 block of Canyon Acres Drive. John William Dobbins III, 40, of Capitola, was arrested for DUI with two...

  Sunday, Jan. 6 Traffic stop. 1:31 a.m. 200 block of Ocean Avenue. A 30-year-old Newport Beach woman was arrested for DUI and held for $2,500...

Motorists with a disabled persons placard no longer can park without paying in unoccupied non-handicapped spaces in city lots, said parking supervisor Jim Beres. Placard...

Thursday, March 14 DUI. Katherine Ann Leary, 70, of Aliso Viejo, was arrested on suspicion of drunk driving and blowing on or over 0.08 percent...