CORONA DEL MAR TODAY

From the Police Log: Vehicle Burglary, Alcohol-Related Arrests

A vehicle burglary was reported in the 3100 block of Pacific View Drive at 3:58 p.m. Friday, police reports state. The incident, which resulted in a $480 loss, occurred between 7:15 a.m. and 3:10 p.m. Friday.
Police also arrested a 31-year-old Aliso Viejo man and booked him on suspicion of DUI on Corporate Plaza Drive [...]

CeFiore Shuts Corona del Mar Shop

Customers gathered this morning outside the dark and locked CeFiore shop at 2801 East Coast Highway, which closed permanently after the end of the weekend.
“I’m crushed,” said barista Desiree Engle. “I feel like I let the whole town down. My heart hurts. I feel like I lost half my family.”
Engle brought attention to the shop [...]

Harbor View Class Act Program Underway

Class Act, a program that brings professional musicians to local elementary schools, has launched another season at Harbor View Elementary School.
Harbor View’s students are among 17,000 children in Orange County who were selected to be part of the program, which is the flagship youth program for the Pacific Symphony.
Each year, the program focuses on a [...]

CdM Today Poll of the Week

Blimp Above Newport Harbor

Bench Would Honor Woman Whose “Whole Life Was Corona del Mar”

The Parks, Beaches and Recreation Commission will consider adding a bench to Grant Howald Park in memory of Lilly Wilson at a meeting Tuesday evening.
Wilson died Oct. 23, 2010 of ovarian cancer, said her daughter, Lyn Maloney.
“She loved Corona del Mar,” Maloney said of her mother. “She owned a home on Ocean Boulevard and then [...]

Thin Mint Season

Today, hundreds of Girl Scouts began their annual tradition of selling Thin Mints, peanut butter patties and trefoil-shaped shortbreads with the official start of the Girl Scout Cookies sales season.
On Saturday, troop leaders picked up 50,000 cases of cookies for 480 troops at Irvine’s Great Park. Today, Scouts hit the streets with eight kinds of [...]

From the Police Log: Early Morning Injury Crash, Two Other Collisions

UPDATE
Police made an arrest following a traffic stop at 4:49 a.m. today at Poppy Avenue and Ocean Boulevard. Details were not immediately available.
Police also continued to respond to vehicle crashes in Corona del Mar and the Crystal Cove area this weekend. Officers took a report of a non-injury crash at 5:47 p.m. Saturday at [...]

CdM Today’s Top Stories This Week

1. The Newport Beach City Manager sends out a letter explaining sharrows and how they may be added to East Coast Highway in Corona del Mar; read our story here.
2. Construction began this week on the Goldenrod Footbridge to make the bridge safe in case of a major earthquake; read our story here.
3. The Corona [...]

Cycling Safety

By Frank Peters
My First Time
To this day I can remember quite clearly…I was moved; it affected me emotionally like nothing had at that point in my life. No, not what you’re thinking. I’m talking about my first time riding my bike on Green Sharrows.
Belmont Shore’s Green Sharrows are 20 miles away, so it’s a [...]