CDMHS Student Voted Best Female Athlete
Swimmer and water polo player Heather Van Hiel was voted the Best Female Athlete of the Year for the Pacific Coast League, school officials have announced. Van Hiel, a senior at Corona del Mar High School, was selected from a field of athletes competing in an array of sports including track and field, softball, lacrosse, [...]
Police Car Involved in Crash
A police car and a Maserati were involved in an injury crash at 7:12 p.m. Thursday, according to police logs and witnesses. The crash occurred at the intersection of East Coast Highway and Avocado Avenue.
Witnesses reported someone being loaded onto a stretcher and said both cars appeared “crunched”. Corona del Mar Today has emailed and [...]
Overheard at the Hair Salon
“Everyone I know is pregnant or just had a baby,” a stylist told a customer. “It’s the recession. Everyone is getting laid off, so I guess they figure why not? A big wave of layoffs was about 11 months ago, and now all I do is hair for people’s baby showers.”
Curves May Be Reopening in CdM
Curves, a health and fitness club aimed at women, could be reopening in the old FastFrames location in the 2800 block of East Coast Highway. A permit application notice was put up on the storefront windows this week, making it the third health club to be planning to open in Corona del Mar in the [...]
Police Dept. Warns of Kids, Internet in Community Discussion
Local teen-agers are sending out nude photos on the Internet, are cyber-bullying, are stealing parents’ prescription drugs and abusing hard alcohol — and leaving technological trails to prove it to future college admissions staffs, employers and more, police told a group of about 50 parents at the Central Library on Wednesday night.
For more than two [...]
National Water Polo Teams To Play At CDMHS
Corona del Mar High School’s boys water polo team will host the U.S.A. Mens and Womens National teams on Sunday at the high school pool, school officials have announced.
In the first double-header for the national teams, the women will play Canada at 4:30 p.m., and the Mens National Red and Blue teams will play each [...]
CYC Work Nearing Completion
Crews are putting the finishing touches on the Community Youth Center building and parking lot project, which is scheduled to be complete by June 18. Recently workers removed the green construction fences, which allowed a view of the new sign in front.
The parking lot part of the project will improve the design so that cars [...]
From the Police Log
In and around Corona del Mar, thefts and property damage again have been dominating police logs.
On Sunday, a woman in the 400 block of Fernleaf Avenue reported her bicycle stolen, police records state. The theft occurred sometime between May 18 and May 20 when an unknown suspect entered an unlocked laundry room and took the [...]
Beaches Packed, Lifeguards Busy This Memorial Day Weekend
The ocean was warm, the sky was sunny and beaches were packed this Memorial Day weekend with more than a quarter million visitors, Newport Beach Fire Department spokeswoman Jennifer Schulz said on Tuesday.
The major rescue of the weekend occurred just after 5 p.m Sunday at 17th Street, when lifeguards saved two swimmers who were seconds [...]
More Details On Stranded Boat
A tender for a bait boat became stuck in a rocky cove off Little Corona Beach early Tuesday morning, and Newport Beach lifeguards worked to remove it safely before it flipped and spilled fuel into the nearby protected tidepools, a fire spokeswoman said.
Someone reported the high and dry boat just before 6:30 a.m. this morning, [...]
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