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Tuesday, Nov. 1 Grand theft. Coast Hwy. 2:42 p.m. $1,300 worth of tools vanished from a vehicle. Stolen vehicle. 31100 block of Coast Hwy. 1:47 p.m. Police arrested Clavel Rosita Altamirano, 19, San...
View ArticleDriver Suspected in Sexual Assault
Laguna Beach police say they arrested an Uber driver for suspicion of raping a customer he was driving home to Laguna Beach at 2:31 a.m. from Huntington Beach on Saturday, Nov. 5, The driver fled the...
View ArticleDriver Suspected in Sexual Assault
Laguna Beach police say they arrested an Uber driver for suspicion of raping a customer he was driving home to Laguna Beach at 2:31 a.m. from Huntington Beach on Saturday, Nov. 5, The driver fled the...
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FBI Arrests ‘Faceless’ Bank Robbery Suspect
The “faceless bandit” as seen in the Torrance hold up. Photo courtesy of the FBI. Two weeks after a masked gunman known as “the faceless bandit” held up banks in Laguna Beach and Seal Beach, a...
View ArticleFire Damages Two Homes
Seventeen firefighters extinguished a blaze that caused nearly $400,000 in damage to two homes on Wildwood Drive Saturday, Nov. 12. While the blaze broke out three short blocks away from the city’s...
View ArticleSuspicious Fire Leads to Temporary Canyon Closure
Fire Department arson investigators are looking to determine the cause of a 6:15 p.m. fire that erupted near the Dog Park and led to the evacuation of the city’s 45-person overnight homeless shelter...
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Vandals Damage Trees
Trees on the sidewalk bordering the Montage resort show signs of deep gouges. Police are investigating who might be responsible for inflicting deep cuts in the base of six mature eucalyptus trees in...
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Monday, Nov. 28 Vandalism. 1300 block of Skyline Dr. 7:33 a.m. A neighbor is suspected in pruning five trees on a property and causing an estimated $20,000 in damage. Tuesday, Nov. 29 Brandishing...
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Monday, Nov. 28 Vandalism. 1300 block of Skyline Dr. 7:33 a.m. A neighbor is suspected in pruning five trees on a property and causing an estimated $20,000 in damage. Tuesday, Nov. 29 Brandishing...
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Monday, Dec. 6 Vandalism. 900 block of Quivera St. 9:42 a.m. A homeowner who had obtained estimates for demolition work returned after a week’s absence to find four exterior walls demolished even...
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Wednesday, Dec. 14 Battery. 600 Park Ave. 3:42 p.m. Ehadaie Babak, 37, of Laguna, was arrested for suspicion of battery for assaulting a female Uber driver after she asked him to exit the vehicle. The...
View ArticleFire 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 made their homes uninhabitable, fire officials said. Four...
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Monday, Dec. 26 Vandalism. 29900 Balboa Ave. 10:47 a.m. Tire marks from a vehicle doing donuts in the soccer field. Vehicle burglary. 19200 block of Laguna Canyon Rd. 1:59 p.m. A window was smashed and...
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Thieves Target Sunglasses Store
Laguna Beach store hit by burglars over the weekend. Thieves shattered the glass entry door to a sunglasses boutique in downtown Laguna Beach and made off with several pairs of sunglasses sometime...
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Thieves Break Into Sunglasses Store
A downtown store hit by thieves over the weekend. Thieves shattered the glass entry door to a sunglasses boutique in downtown Laguna Beach and made off some merchandise sometime before 6:39 a.m....
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Tuesday, Jan. 10 Grand theft. 200 block of Broadway St. 8:31 a.m. A thief with a taste for California vintners made off with nine bottles of Caymus, Justin and Duckhorn wines, cumulatively valued at...
View ArticlePolice Arrest Driver Who Flees Collision
Conor Scott Simpson, 21, of Laguna Beach, was arrested for suspicion of felony DUI and held for $100,000 bail after a collision in the 600 block of Diamond Street in the early hours of Thursday, Jan....
View ArticleCharges Escalate by the Hour
Alexander Steven Tracey, 24, of Laguna Niguel, who witnesses described as playing chicken with motorists as he walked in the middle of Park Avenue and yelled at passerby, was arrested by police for...
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Monday, Jan. 30 Vehicle burglary. 700 block of Bayview Dr. 3:59 p.m. A garage door opener and other items were removed from an unlocked car between 1 p.m. and 6 a.m. the previous day. Vandalism. 1200...
View ArticleSunday 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 town about noon this past Sunday, Feb. 12,...
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