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CdM Today’s Top Stories From 2011
posted: December 31st, 2011 03:35 pm |
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From the sound of chainsaws to airplanes seemingly overhead to protesters shouting outside a newly opened puppy store — Corona del Mar had a noisy 2011. Here is our list of the Top Ten stories we covered in Corona del Mar this year. Feel free to leave a comment letting us know what we overlooked, or what you’d add to the list.
1. Following the death of a Tustin woman in September, when a Blue Gum Eucalyptus tree fell on her car on Irvine Avenue, city inspections determined that 33 blue gums along Fourth Avenue in Corona del Mar were dangerous and needed to be chopped. The chopping began a few days after a storm brought down a tree near Goldenrod Avenue; read our stories here, here and here.
2. When we wrote a small story about a new business opening in town last July, little did we know that the shop would be the target of protesters from throughout Southern California who have demanded the shop stop selling dogs they claim are from puppy mills; read our story here. The shop remains open, although a few protesters continue to try to get the Newport Beach City Council to study whether to impose a ban on sale of puppies within city limits.
3. The concessions stand at Big Corona State Beach sat vacant all summer following the November 2010 closure of Fuji Grill. When a city request for a new concessionaire resulted in just one application, officials arranged for a series of food trucks to be on hand throughout the summer, and a new request for proposals has been issued. Read our stories here, here and here.
4. Last March, a change in flight paths from John Wayne Airport resulted in many Corona del Mar residents noticing more airplane noise then ever before. But when they complained that the planes were flying overhead, officials said it was not true and headed to Back Bay Park to prove it; read our story here.
5. In May, police and a SWAT team flooded the Cameo Shores neighborhood after a man barricaded himself inside his home after a woman reported being kidnapped and raped; read our story here.
6. Hundreds of dead squid filled the beaches of Corona del Mar in September, possibly after being caught in the surf while feeding; read our story here.
7. Newport Beach traffic officials will be installing left-turn signals for cars turning from Marguerite Avenue onto East Coast Highway, according to news from a Corona del Mar Residents Association meeting in November. Read our story here.
8. In January, we reported that a little dog was lost at sea, fallen off a boat headed from Newport Beach to Laguna. But a few days later, we learned that another boater found the dog and rescued it, reuniting it with its owner after making sure the dog would have a life vest on all future boat trips. Read our stories here and here.
9. After years of trying and failing to get approval for a controversial condominium project that will replace an apartment building with seven luxury units at Carnation Avenue and Ocean Boulevard, the Coastal Commission in June approved the AERIE project. The group had twice before voted against it. Read our story here.
10. Earlier this month, Corona del Mar resident Nancy Gardner became the first Newport Beach mayor from this district since 2006; read our story here.
