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Laguna Beach Local News By Mark Crantz A Victoria Beach family took sheltering in place very seriously. They did a remodel to their beachfront property that included a sea wall. The Coastal Commission fined the family for not building the sea wall properly. The fine for incorrect sheltering in place was $1 million. That’s a lot of clams. Dig it. I believe the Coastal Commission got this one wrong. The homeowners worked in good faith with the city compliance officials. A Main Beach stool pige...

Laguna Beach Local News By Mark Crantz No man is an island. Stop. That’s not right. No man is an island, except Gilligan. Gilligan’s Island was a popular TV show until Gilligan was rescued. Then people didn’t care what happened to Gilligan once he returned to the mainland. Everyone just assumed Gilligan was where the rest of us were. Stuck on the 405. Now, there’s a new show in town gaining national attention. The show’s plot is about two neighbors locked in a property dispute over ou...

Laguna Beach Local News By Mark Crantz About a month ago I confessed to my wife that I was sick of sheltering in place. She said she felt the same since Sept. 15, 2001. “What?” I thought. That’s the day after we got married.  “Really?” I asked. “Yes,” she answered. “24 hours was enough. Since then, I’ve pretended you’re a renter I can’t evict. The lie is easier for me. By the way your rent is due.”  I paid up because, well, I’m a homebody by nature. So, for me to adm...