Newport employees pay more toward pensions
NEWPORT BEACH – The city and several employee groups have reached a tentative agreement on new, three-year labor contracts, which would have employees continue to pick up more of their pension...
View ArticleFor the benefit of Brush and Palette
To help assist with production costs and to purchase new equipment, the Laguna Beach High School student newspaper, Brush and Palette, hosted its second annual benefit concert on Friday. The concert...
View ArticleGratitude for lifeguards takes shape in new facility
In 2014, Laguna Beach lifeguards will have a new headquarters – the fulfillment of a dream 83 years in the making.Last year our beaches saw nearly 5 million visitors. Our lifeguards made more than...
View ArticleLetters: Dr. King's virtues a guide for Americans
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Warren Duffy, founder and president, Friends for Saving California jobs; former host of the “Duffy and Company” radio program on KKLA: About this time every year, I reflect on the...
View ArticleJan. 21 celebrity birthdays
These people of the present and past were born on this date: Actress Ann Wedgeworth ("Evening Shade") is 79. Hall of Fame golfer Jack Nicklaus is 73. Opera singer Plácido Domingo is 72. Singer Richie...
View ArticleMaloofs agree to sell NBA's Kings
The only thing stopping the Sacramento Kings from a sale and move to Seattle is approval by NBA owners. The Maloof family has agreed to sell the Kings to a Seattle group led by investor Chris Hansen,...
View ArticleNotable deaths of 2012
See personalities from the worlds of entertainment, sports, politics, business, literature and world affairs who departed this year. Related: Celebrities we lost in 2011 Celebrities we lost in 2010...
View ArticlePennywise roars back to life
Silver anniversary set at Palladium roars despite some rust.
View ArticleChapman Conservatory named for choral conductor, dean
The Chapman Conservatory of Music has a new name. Chapman University president Jim Doti announced that the conservatory will be named in honor of William Hall, the esteemed choral conductor and dean of...
View ArticleLady Gaga dazzlingly confusing in L.A. show
It’s heartening – and also a little mind-boggling – how Lady Gaga at 26 is already more advanced as a global pop force than virtually all her contemporaries yet still seems years away from having her...
View ArticleMission Viejo approves annexation, housing development
MISSION VIEJO – The City Council late Monday voted to annex 40 acres into the city and allow a developer to build 84 homes on a portion of the land. The council voted 4-1 to support Irvine-based...
View ArticleToday's cartoons: Gov. Brown walks on blubber
Also: Obama back on the job; Congress sits down with Oprah
View ArticleFirefighters battling blaze discover what looks like marijuana operation
ANAHEIM – It took firefighters about 45 minutes to control a fire at an Anaheim home where authorities discovered what they described as an elaborate marijuana operation. The fire was reported at 4:05...
View ArticleH.B. to consider changes to sex offender rule
HUNTINGTON BEACH – City Council members will discuss changing an ordinance to allow some exceptions to a ban on sex offenders in city parks. The council will meet on Tuesday to discuss allowing Police...
View ArticleA comedic engagement at Orange Lutheran
When eccentricity is normalcy, will outsiders ever understand? Set during the era of the Great Depression, Orange Lutheran's "You Can't Take it With You" is a delightful romp through the hilarious...
View ArticleOrange Lutheran is one big happy family
Some families make fireworks all hours of the night, have their houses cased by the police, and dine with Russian royalty, and others...don't. At the Sycamore household, the unusual is the norm. The...
View ArticleCrime in your Laguna Niguel neighborhoods
Here are recent Sheriff's Department reports from Laguna Niguel:JAN. 18Disturbance. 7:13 a.m. Largo Street. A woman said a man, possibly under the influence of methamphetamine, was pounding on her...
View ArticleBeach playground to be removed in Laguna
Update: Kids Around the World had welcomed people to join it in removing playground equipment from Main Beach. But according to Mark Trestik of the Laguna Beach Public Works Department, members of the...
View ArticleCrime in your Laguna Beach neighborhoods
Here are recent Police Department reports from Laguna Beach:SUNDAY Disturbance. 11:36 p.m. 600 block Cuprien Way. A caller was concerned for the safety of four children who were playing soccer on the...
View ArticleCrime in your Dana Point neighborhoods
Here are recent Sheriff's Department reports from Dana Point. Details are provided when available:TUESDAYBurglary alarm-audible. 7:24 a.m. Monarch Beach Resort.Disturbance. 5:36 a.m. 24800 block Del...
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