From The Police Log — A Fairly Quiet Weekend in CdM
Police answered calls about loud music and animals in Corona del Mar this weekend, but mostly the village was quiet, according to police logs.
At 9:31 today, police took a report of property damage in the 4800 block of Surrey Drive. And at 7:27 p.m. Saturday, officers assisted after receiving a call about a drunk disturbance [...]
Filming Around CdM Gives City Financial Windfall
In the past two weeks, a bank commercial was filmed at Big Corona State Beach, and a car commercial was filmed at Pelican Hill Resort, filling hotel rooms and bringing tens of thousands of dollars in local expenditures, according to a city report.
The city has issued 107 film permits so far in 2009, resulting in [...]
Amy The Ranter/Amy The Raver Archives
August 30, 2009
My insurance company sent the annual “here’s what’s new with your homeowner policy” packet this week. I looked at it and was immediately creeped out by one of their free upgrades.
The kidnapping ransom payment has gone from $10,000 to $100,000.
Doesn’t that just make you feel good all over?
August 29, 2009
I read this week [...]
Swimmers Race in Memory of Beloved Lifeguard
Three hundred swimmers raced from Big Corona State Beach to Little Corona and back again this morning in the annual Don Burns Corona del Mar Scholarship Swim.
Keith Ryan, 28, was the winner with a time of 19 minutes 46 seconds, said Jim Turner, a Newport Beach lifeguard battalion chief. Laurie Dodd, 35, was the fastest [...]
Landmark Restaurant To Host Car Show
Corona del Mar’s Landmark Restaurant is hosting a car show on Sunday to raise money for cancer research, a restaurant manager said.
The show will be free to the public and will be open at 9 a.m. Sunday in the lot in the back of the restaurant at 3520 East Coast Highway, said spokesman David Guerrero. [...]
CdM This Weekend: Five Great Things For Your To-Do List
1. Buy a cookie, help someone in need. The staff of Salon Gregorie’s is holding ongoing Saturday bake sales to support a colleague who had a heart attack while golfing this summer at the age of 37. Todd Jackson was hospitalized for a month and is undergoing rehabilitation and will need surgery — so to [...]
Annual Don Burns Swim To Be Held Saturday at CdM Beach
The annual Don Burns Corona del Mar Scholarship Swim will take place at 10 a.m. Saturday, with racers following a one-mile course beginning at the beach next to the Corona del Mar jetty.
Don Burns was a beloved Newport Beach lifeguard, instructor and cadet coordinator from 1956 until 1993; he died 16 years ago.
“We hold this [...]
Woman Loses $24,500 Engagement Ring
A Las Vegas woman visiting Corona del Mar reported that she lost her engagement ring, which was valued at $24,500, police reports state.
The 30-year-old woman told police she was dancing at The Landmark at 3250 East Coast Highway between 1 and 1:30 a.m. Saturday when she lost the ring. The police report described her [...]
CdM Couple On Way to Mountain For Duchenne Climb
A Corona del Mar couple who dream of finding a cure for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy has left for Seattle, days away from a mountain climb that will raise more than $100,000.
Debra and Paul Miller founded the organization CureDuchenne after learning in 2002 that their only son, now 12, has the disease, the most common form [...]
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