Front Page Letters Calendars Archives Sign Up Contact Us StuNewsLaguna Volume 4, Issue 10 | February 1, 2019 Search our site... 0 Search Police Files Suspects fail in residential burglary, but not because of a lack of effort An attempted residential burglary of an unoccupied Newport Beach home was unsuccessful. Sometime between 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 29, and 11:30 a.m. on NEWPORT Wednesday, Jan. 30, suspects attempted to pry open a lock on a residence in the 1900 block of Glenwood Lane. BEACH The suspect or suspects attempted to gain entry by removing door pins and prying the lock to the garage pedestrian access door. The suspects also cut, removed and damaged Heavy Intensity Rain screens on multiple windows around the home. All attempts failed. Humidity: 86% Nothing was taken and no one reported seeing or hearing anything. Wind: 23.53 m/h Local transient arrested for intent to terrorize 51.5°F Brandon Paul Gay, 23, Newport Beach, a local transient according to police logs, was arrested Monday, Jan. 28, in the 2000 block of W. Balboa Blvd., for threatening a crime with MON TUE WED the intent to terrorize. The incident took place at 11:32 a.m. near the Newport Pier. Gay was arrested and held on $50,000 bail. Stolen car turns up near Newport Pier, two arrested 51/51°F 51/54°F 48/55°F Arnold Saaverde Colores, 54, Buena Park, and Fermin Gary Medina Jr., 27, Santa Ana, were arrested Monday, Jan. 28, for taking an automobile without the owner’s consent. The arrest took place at Court Avenue and McFadden Place, near the Newport Pier. Both were charged with auto theft. Colores was additionally charged with being a felon in possession of tear gas and on a warrant for failure to comply with automobile registration requirements. Colores was held on bail of $22,500, while Medina was held on $20,000 bail. Emergency call centers to accept text messages The Newport Beach Police Department will join all Orange County first responder dispatch centers and begin accepting texts to 9-1-1 on February 6. Text-to-911 enables text messages to reach 9-1-1 emergency call takers from your mobile phone or device. This service is aimed to assist people who are hearing impaired, or speech disabled, or someone who is in an emergency situation where calling 9-1-1 is not possible. Always contact 9-1-1 by making a voice call, if you can. Scroll down to Police Beat for all arrests & crime report 0 Fair Game By TOM JOHNSON Readers respond with churches of their choice Tuesday in this column I discussed church shopping. Readers certainly have their opinions. “Well, we will miss you at St. Andrews. I could not be more pleased with Chap Clark and his unbelievable knowledge of the Bible,” wrote Nancy Bell. I couldn’t agree more Nancy. Chap is extremely knowledgeable, and his delivery is captivating. Nancy also pointed out that I got my Racheal mixed up with Sarah. Sarah, of course, was Abraham’s wife, while Racheal was the woman Jacob fell for. Kathleen Schwarz chimed in with this, “In November we decided to visit Corona Del Mar Community Congregational where we had attended when our children were young. I felt welcomed, loved and needed from the moment I walked in the door. Our presence matters there. We committed to the church in January.” Then there was Jo Ann Sweig who wrote, “Now, I’m not Baptist. They’ve always scared me with the fire and brimstone screaming speeches and the rules and regulations. But when I walked into Liberty Baptist on Jamboree and Bison and talked to the Youth Pastor and he answered everything off my list I had a feeling I found my church home. Three years later and I STILL can’t wait to go to church on Sunday! Who would have thought? They are an independent Baptist church.” I also received several nice invites to attend Sunday service with some of the readers. So, the search continues, I’ll keep you posted. • • • No surprise here. The Resort at Pelican Hill has earned AAA’s Five Diamond rating, making them just one of 121 hotels nationwide to make that list, according to the Automobile Club of Southern California. Others that made the list in SoCal include the Park Hyatt Aviara Resort; Golf Club & Spa in Carlsbad; The Lodge at Torrey Pines in La Jolla; Rancho Valencia Resort and Spa in Rancho Santa Fe; Fairmont Grand Del Mar in San Diego; The Beverly Hills Hotel and Bungalows; The Peninsula Beverly Hills; Monarch Beach Resort in Dana Point; The Ritz- Carlton Laguna Niguel; Montage Laguna Beach; Four Seasons Hotel Westlake Village; Four Seasons Resort The Biltmore Santa Barbara in Montecito; and Ojai Valley Inn & Spa. Four Diamond hotels in Newport Beach include the Balboa Bay Resort; Fashion Island Hotel; Lido House, Autograph Collection; and Renaissance Newport Beach Hotel. • • • Finally, the City of Newport Beach proudly showed off their new oil spill response trailer yesterday at Marina Park. According to Tara Finnigan from the City, “The towable trailer will contain an array of oil spill response equipment, including 1,000 feet of containment boom, absorbent materials and other response gear for the City of Newport Beach’s use and quick deployment into Newport Harbor in the event of an on-water oil spill incident.” The trailer was made possible by a $35,000 grant provided by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife Office of Spill Prevention and Response. The grant will also fund training for the Harbor Department and lifeguard staff members. This is as close as we can come to actually singing to our readers on their birthdays! We’d love to include yours – and/or your friends and children’s birthdays here. Just email to: [email protected] Celebrate and enjoy your birthday! 1 January 29 Take Five: Meet Debra Miller, founder of CureDuchenne Ron Salisbury By AMY SENK In 2002, Debra and Paul Miller’s world turned upside down when their only son, January 30 Hawken, was diagnosed with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. Muscular dystrophy diseases Randy Townsley are genetic disorders, and Duchenne is the most common and severe form – historically, most boys who have it do not survive past their mid-20s and will be using wheelchairs by age 12 as the disease weakens muscles, eventually causing heart muscles to fail. The diagnosis Events, programs at January 31 spurred the Millers to search for a cure for their son and for the 300,000 other boys living with OASIS Senior Center Bill Ennis the disease throughout the world – and CureDuchenne was formed. It is based in Newport Beach. February 1 Bill Warmington Christy Butera Darrien Burwell Tim Fahl February 2 801 Narcissus Ave., Corona del Mar 92625 Adam Villarreal 949.644.3244 MaryAnn O’Connell Parking is Free! Micah Grant OASIS Senior Center is on Facebook! Ray Tringale Sign up to receive the newsletter HAPPENINGS February 3 Click on photo for a larger image OASIS Cars and Coffee car show Submitted photo Due to rain on Saturday, Feb. 2, it is Debra Miller, founder of CureDuchenne Brian Probolsky rescheduled for Saturday, Feb. 9 from Q: When you founded CureDuchenne after your son was diagnosed at age 5, you had Chaz Bradley 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. no idea what his future held – what is Hawken up to these days? Doug Heide This inaugural event takes place in the A: Hawken is graduating from USC’s Annenberg School of Communications in May with OASIS parking lot. They will have 50 of Eileen Benjamin a journalism major. He will take an internship with a major media outlet (to be announced) on their members’ cars and a dozen or Gina Adams the east coast this summer. We are obviously very proud of him. Duchenne does not define more of special motorcycles on his life and he has big plans for the future. He also knows the value of each day and is always Kristin Miller display. Judging will be at 10 a.m. and full of gratitude. Ruben Flores trophies will be given out for each Q: Your job seems enormous – from fundraising to meeting with some of the top category. A special pancake breakfast medical experts and scientists in the world. Which part has been most challenging, and will be there for everyone to enjoy for February 4 which has been most rewarding? just $5. Participants must register in Alex Stamatis A: I’ll start with the most rewarding. We now can see the fruits of our early work. Ten to the Friends office with Berenice, and 15 years ago, the money we raised went off to labs or biotech companies, and every year or Andrew Hanscom you will get a number so you can show so we’d get an update. The pace of drug development has accelerated now. Our early funding Chris Tebbutt your vehicle. Visit the newsletter for projects are well into human clinical trials, with one approved drug that helps slow down the information on how to register. Lily Christiano disease. Our more recent investments could be real game-changers. We funded a gene OASIS Wine & Cheese Social Robert J Monroe therapy trial in 2016, and they have dosed boys with this one-time treatment. Although it’s too Wednesday, Feb. 20 at 4 p.m. early to know the long-term results, the boys are doing well. We also funded a gene editing Tickets on sale for $5 in the company that has shown dramatic improvement in animal models.