The California Supreme Court has upheld an order requiring a Laguna Beach couple to remove an unpermitted seawall in front their beachfront home and pay a $1 million fine for its illegal construction. The March 25 decision ends a lawsuit more than three months after an appellate court upheld the California Coastal Commission’s fine and cease and desist order. “In limited circumstances, shoreline armoring or seawalls…
Laguna Beach Seawall to be Demolished After High Court Declines Review
March 30, 2021
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Laguna Beach Dream Home Gets Design Approval After 10-Year Fight
When Janice Hobbs set out to create her dream home 10 years ago in Laguna Beach, California, she never imagined the opposition and costly delays she would face from neighbors and city regulations. But a decade later, there’s still no completed home. Instead, negotiations, redesigns, lawsuits, and appeals have cost Hobbs hundreds of thousands of…
Laguna Beach Festival of Arts Sets Sights on July Opening
March 21, 2021
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With the state easing Orange County’s COVID-19 restrictions, the city of Laguna Beach has begun planning for the opening of its 2021 Festival of Arts Pageant of the Masters. Last year, the fine arts show was canceled due to the pandemic in a move that had a profound impact on both the organization and juried…
Laguna Beach High School Resumes In-Person Classes
March 19, 2021
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After a year of distance learning over Zoom, Laguna Beach High School (LBHS) and Thurston Middle School have reopened for modified in-person classes. The change came after Orange County moved into red tier in the state’s Blueprint for a Safer Economy March 14, and while the schools are not fully back to normal yet, the announcement was celebrated by staff and students….
Laguna Beach City Council Votes to Censure Peter Blake
A Laguna Beach councilmember who was censured by city council says he’ll continue to attack the political colleagues when he feels provoked. “I think it’s just a waste of time, and why bother censuring me, because all you’re going to do is make me angrier,” Councilmember Peter Blake told The Epoch Times. “Today I’m angrier than I am…
Laguna Beach Officer-Involved Shooting Prompts Investigation
March 12, 2021
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The Orange County District Attorney’s Office is investigating its second officer-involved shooting of the week after a Laguna Beach officer opened fire following a police pursuit. The latest shooting happened March 11, after a Laguna Beach officer attempted to pull a vehicle over at Smithcliffs and North Coast Highway about 6:19 p.m., police said in…
Laguna Beach City Council to Debate Censure of Councilmember
March 8, 2021
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Discord among Laguna Beach’s elected officials has led council to consider censuring a councilmember for allegedly making disparaging remarks. Councilmember Peter Blake will be the target of a March 9 vote, where his political colleagues will decide whether the city’s Rules of Decorum and Civility policy were violated. Council’s newest member, George Weiss, filed the…
Laguna Beach’s Unexpected Revenues Help Relieve Budget Pressures
Laguna Beach is reporting better-than-anticipated revenues in its latest budget update, although it warns that its finances will continue to suffer throughout the next fiscal year. During its Feb. 23 financial briefing, the city reported “major revenues are doing better than forecasted.” While the city’s finances are weathering the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, revenues are likely to…
Laguna Beach High School Senior Excels on Land and in Water
Eighteen-year-old Jessie Rose, a senior at Laguna Beach High School in Southern California, felt inspired to write a poem. “When my world seems to be collapsing, I know you are always there for me. You make me work for your love, but the suffering is worth it,” she wrote. Rose told The Epoch Times that…
Laguna Beach High Schools Will Remain Closed Until Virus Metrics Improve
February 3, 2021
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Some Laguna Beach high schools will remain closed until Orange County enters a less restrictive tier of the pandemic, and the local school board says it’s taking extra steps to help students struggling with remote learning. “Under the substantially stressful conditions of the pandemic, school-based mental health staff has used multiple ways to support students,…
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