CORONA DEL MAR TODAY

CdM Today’s Top Stories This Week

1. A 12-year-old Corona del Mar Middle School student was seriously injured, struck by a pickup truck while running across MacArthur Boulevard on Friday morning. Police said the truck had a green light. Read our story here.
2. Burglars hit five cars overnight Thursday in the Flower Streets near Big Corona State Beach, stealing thousands of [...]

CdM Getting Geared Up For Halloween

Local restaurants are getting ready for a Saturday Night Halloween. At The Quiet Woman, fog machines, cobwebs and costumed staff will set the mood for a midnight costume party — $100 gift certificate for best costume, $50 for second and a bottle of wine for third. The Quiet Woman is located 3224 East Coast Highway; [...]

Five Crowns and Its Ghostly History

Five Crowns is haunted — just ask the people who work there.
About a week ago, manager Rose Stone was pulling on a locker room door when she felt something on the other side push it toward her.
“I screamed,” Stone said. “It catches me sometimes, but I’m very aware of it.”
The ghosts, she said, normally [...]

CdM This Weekend: Five Great Things For Your To-Do List

1. Quick, grab your best Jack-o-Lantern and head to Roger’s Gardens before 4 p.m. today if you want to enter the Annual Pumpkin Carving Contest. Gift certificates will be awarded in three categories — Carved; Decorated or Painted; and Children, 12 and younger. Pumpkins can be simple, scary, funny, mechanical — but they must arrive [...]

Boy Hurt While Running Across MacArthur Against Red Light

A 12-year-old Newport Beach boy was seriously injured this morning when he ran across MacArthur Boulevard against a red light and was struck by a pickup truck. The boy is a Corona del Mar Middle School student and apparently was running to school when he was hit, said Sgt. Evan Sailor.
The accident occurred about 7:17 [...]

Halloween Parade At Harbor View This Morning

NBPD Enters Social Network Era

The Newport Beach Police Department has entered the age of social networking, joining Facebook and Twitter and inviting members of the public to follow them beginning Monday.
“The Police Department will be able to post crime prevention information, crime statistics, wanted suspect information and educational videos,” according to a department statement. Officials also plan to use [...]

Fire Department Offers Halloween Safety Tips

To make sure Halloween scares are make believe and never become real, the Newport Beach Fire Department has issued a list of tips and advice for holiday safety. Costumes, they say, should be fire safe with hemlines short enough to prevent tripping — falls are the leading cause of unintentional injuries on Halloween, said Jennifer [...]

Illegal Peddling Back in CdM

Police responded to at least two calls reporting illegal peddling in Corona del Mar on Thursday evening, records show.
The reports occurred at 6:46 p.m. in the 3100 block of Third Avenue, and at 7:57 p.m. in the 700 block of Poinsettia Avenue.
Earlier this month, City Councilwoman Nancy Gardner told the Corona del Mar Residents Association [...]

Halloween Time