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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-appointed receivership overseen by San Diego-based receiver Douglas P. Wilson since mid-January, according to a May 21 receiver’s report filed in Orange County Superior Court.
Ex-Laguna Beach lieutenant alleges discrimination based on sexual orientationÂ
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 Farinella denied his promotion to captain in 2019 partly because he isnât gay. Farinella made history as the first gay police chief in Orange County history.
Judge strikes down proposal to move sexually violent predator to Twentynine Palms
An Orange County judge has denied a proposal to move a sexually violent predator to a home in Twentynine Palms.
Lawtis Rhoden, 72, has been convicted on several charges dating as far back as the 1960’s, including raping five girls between the ages of 13 to 17 in three states.
Back in March, the Orange County Superior Court tentatively ordered Rhoden to live in Twentynine Palms, despite having no ties to the community.
This drew immediate outrage from residents and community leaders.
“We’ve got kids around here and I got grand kids that come over he may not like older woman but still my mom’s in her 70’s, said Catherine Billingsly, a resident during