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I've never met or spoken with Councilmember George Weiss, and did not vote for him. For me this matter is about transparency and justice in my hometown.

Laguna Beach officials pushed back against the Orange County District Attorney’s findings of Brown Act violations surrounding a closed session meeting.

The Laguna Beach City Council on Tuesday concurred with a city staff report outlining a plan to allow for Hotel Laguna to reopen its restaurant and lobby.

Laguna Beach Local News Seven Degrees after dark. The event venue is one of 18 properties backed by a $195 million loan recently purchased by a company controlled by Dornin Investment Group. A court-appointed receiver reported Friday that debts are racking up at real estate developer Mohammad Honarkar’s portfolio of 18 hospitality and event properties in Laguna Beach, according to court records. Honarkar’s properties, with the exception of Hotel Laguna, have been under the control of court-...

Ex-Laguna Beach lieutenant alleges discrimination based on sexual orientation  Lt. Joe Torres (Left) awards Det. Jordan Mirakian a medal for assisting a man who collapsed while choking in April 2017. A former police lieutenant has filed a discrimination complaint against Laguna Beach, claiming he was denied a promotion based on his sexual orientation and union leadership. Retired Lt. Joe Torres filed the complaint on March 4 in Orange County Superior Court, alleging former police chief Laura...

Public records show the next Laguna Beach city manager will earn more than her counterparts in Newport Beach and Huntington Beach.

Laguna Beach City Council to consider employment contract for Shohreh Dupuis as city manager Laguna Beach Mayor Pro Tem Sue Kempf, Mayor Bob Whalen, and council members Toni Iseman and George Weiss begin an in-chambers meeting of the Laguna Beach City Council. (Don Leach / Staff Photographer) Print Following the appointment of Shohreh Dupuis to become the next city manager of Laguna Beach, the Laguna Beach City Council will consider the employment contract under which Dupuis will begin ...

Laguna Beach repeals municipal code section criminalizing certain language Laguna Beach Mayor Bob Whalen and council members Toni Iseman and George Weiss on the dais at the beginning of Tuesday’s meeting in the Council Chambers. (Don Leach / Staff Photographer) Print Laguna Beach has repealed a section of its municipal code that called for the criminalization of the use of certain speech at City Council meetings. The Laguna Beach City Council unanimously approved the motion to repeal ...

Laguna Beach Local News Signs outside Laguna Beach City Hall direct visitors to check-in at the Council Chambers amid a COVID-19 case surge. Photo by Daniel Langhorne Laguna Beach will join a growing number of cities signing onto a legal brief supporting Orange County Sheriff Don Barnes’ appeal of a court order to release half the Orange County jail population to prevent a potentially deadly COVID-19 outbreak. The Laguna Beach City Council on Monday voted 4-0-1, Councilmember George Weiss ...

Laguna Beach Local News Jeffrey and Tracy Katz, owners of 11 Lagunita Drive, were ordered by the Coastal Commission to remove their seawall along Victoria Beach in August 2018. A Laguna Beach couple recently suffered a setback in their effort to overturn the California Coastal Commission’s levy of a $1 million fine for failing to obtain permits to build a seawall at their oceanfront home. On Dec. 4, a three-judge panel with the Fourth Appellate District upheld the Coastal Commission’s fine ...