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A spill response crew works to stop a sewage geyser near Aliso Creek in November 2019. Courtesy of city of Laguna Beach
The Laguna Beach City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved the first steps to mitigate damage and assuage a $1.5 million state fine resulting from a 1.7 million gallon sewage spill in November 2019.
During the virtual workshop, City Manager John Pietig pointed out a warning prominently posted in bold print at the bottom of a presentation slide discussing the details of revamping the city’s faulty 4.5-mile sewer pipeline that runs mainly along Coast Highway. The message read: “most disruptive construction in city history.”
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The Hudson Hair Salon & Spa installed an outdoor seating area earlier this year for customers to wait and be processed after the statewide closure was lifted. Photo courtesy of the Hudson
Under the state’s recent stay-at-home order, restaurants can offer takeout and delivery; gyms, personal trainers and yoga teachers can offer Zoom classes; and retail stores can be open at 20% capacity. But personal care businesses in Orange County, which include hair salons, nail studios and estheticians among others, are prohibited from providing any services, indoors or outdoors, between now and Jan. 4, 2021.
Hair salon owners in Laguna Beach are not happy.