Posted on March 11th, 2010 16:00 pm by Corona del Mar Today Staff
Police arrested a man late Wednesday afternoon in the 3400 block of East Coast Highway on suspicion of DUI, police said today. Witnesses said the driver clipped another car before the arrest, but police were not immediately able to confirm details.
In other police news, officers arrested a 23-year-old Anaheim man at 1:10 a.m. today on [...]
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Posted on March 11th, 2010 06:54 am by Corona del Mar Today Staff
Daylight Savings Time begins this Sunday — and Newport Beach firefighters are reminding residents to change their smoke alarm batteries when they move their clocks forward.
According to the fire department, smoke alarms cut the risk of dying in a home fire in half, but batteries need to be changed so the smoke alarms work.
Clocks move [...]
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Posted on March 10th, 2010 14:20 pm by Corona del Mar Today Staff
More than 100 applicants are expected to try out on Sunday for a job as a seasonal ocean lifeguard, Newport Beach Fire Department officials said.
Applications are due today by 5 p.m., said Jennifer Schulz, a department spokeswoman. Lifeguard hopefuls must compete in both a 1000-meter swim and 1000-meter run-swim-run, she said, and the top finishers [...]
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Posted on March 10th, 2010 07:47 am by Corona del Mar Today Staff
Chef Rochelle Taylor will add a little Italian flavor to the What’s Cooking at the Library series on Tuesday March 16.
Taylor will demonstrate her skills by creating five dishes, including a re-imagined Caprese Salad, made with tomato paper and Burrata cheese, and an olive oil cake made with strawberries, basil and limoncello. (Yes, guests get [...]
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Posted on March 10th, 2010 06:55 am by Corona del Mar Today Staff
The Airport Working Group is holding its annual meeting at 5 p.m. tonight at the Balboa Yacht Club, organizers said.
The meeting will include a no-host bar and dinner along with speakers Professor Mario Mainero, who is chief of staff to Orange County Supervisor John M.W. Moorlach and Moorlach’s airport assistant; and Larry Agran, Irvine’s mayor [...]
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Posted on March 9th, 2010 15:29 pm by Corona del Mar Today Staff
A burglar used some kind of tool to pry open the door of a home in the 700 block of Jasmine Avenue, stealing $74,595 in items, a police report states.
The victim told police the burglary occurred between 6:30 a.m. Friday and 10:10 p.m. Sunday. He reported the crime ten minutes later, the report states. The [...]
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Posted on March 9th, 2010 13:26 pm by Corona del Mar Today Staff
The Newport Beach Task Force on Cycling Safety met Monday afternoon, fine-tuning a report that covers education, road improvements and ways to encourage cycling in the city.
The group will meet one more time before handing over the report to the City Council, where it will likely be discussed in an April study session.
The report includes [...]
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Posted on March 9th, 2010 12:18 pm by Corona del Mar Today Staff
A fire caused $100,000 in damage to five retail spaces in the Newport Coast Shopping Center on Monday night, fire officials said today. The cause of the fire remains under investigation, but it appears to have started in an attic space, and to be electrical in nature.
Firefighters had a waterflow alarm call at 9:50 p.m., [...]
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Posted on March 9th, 2010 11:51 am by Corona del Mar Today Staff
The Newport-Mesa Unified School District’s Board of Education is poised to adopt a resolution that endorses last week’s teacher protests, calling state budget cuts to education “historic” and “unlike anything we’ve seen since the Great Depression.”
On March 4, teachers, parents, students and administrators throughout the state wore blue, handed out fliers and rallied to protest [...]
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Posted on March 9th, 2010 07:14 am by Corona del Mar Today Staff
