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Want to volunteer to watch out for wildfires?

Kids were treated to private gallery tour and picnic.
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CHP: Woman hospitalized after crash with Quinton 'Rampage' Jackson
 
Booking photo released of UFC brawler, who police say crashed his truck into at least 3 vehicles in Costa Mesa. - 10:16 AM
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Laguna Hills deputy totals patrol car

Laguna Beach is abuzz with book signings, film screenings, concerts and theater.
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Police defend mooning crackdown
 
Shotguns, helicopters helped keep crowd peaceful, police say.
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Police shut down weekend mooning of Amtrak trains
 
Big crowds, big drinking created dangerous scene, police said.
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Bare buns will moon Amtrak riders this Saturday
Trains pack passengers in each year to get good rear view.
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UCI study: Dementia affects women more

 

Sawdust kicks off this weekend
 
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Laguna Hills Fourth of July festivities underway
 

There will be carnival rides, live music, patriotic crafts and a dress-up contest.

Coto financial adviser arrested in thefts from seniors

GOOD TIMES: Long time friends pose for a photo together as they celebrate their graduation from Aliso Niguel High School  

FILE PHOTO BY DOMINIQUE RILEY, CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER

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And they all stayed happily ever after

 

Some Streets at Higher Risk in Wildfires

More than 125 residential streets in neighborhoods throughout town are designated "impaired" for accessibility by large firetrucks, according to a map prepared for the safety element in the city's general plan in 1995, two years after a devastating blaze destroyed more than 400 Laguna Beach homes.
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Setting Out on an Olympic Journey
Laguna Beach High School junior Annika Dries is only 16. She should be a sophomore this year, but she skipped the fifth grade. In both academics and athletics, she's a perfectionist with lofty goals and the talent to meet them.
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Even in Paradise, Home Prices Decline

The median sales price of Laguna Beach homes fell last year for the first time since 1996, declining 4.4 percent to $1.5 million. Sales volume also fell to its lowest level in 12 years.
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City Adopts $73 Million Budget

The City Council adopted an annual budget totaling close to $73 million Tuesday with little fanfare except for one person who pled for larger community assistance grants. Lucinda Prewitt of Laguna Beach Live! asked the council to increase the amount of the community assistance grant to her organi...
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Carona told sheriff's employee to deny they had sex, U.S. prosecutors allege

New sheriff has new style

DA's Office Says Alleged Jail Beating of Former Kiss Guitarist Referred to