Front Page Letters Calendars Archives Sign Up Contact Us StuNewsLaguna Volume 4, Issue 24 | March 22, 2019 Search our site... Search Police Files Man force enters boat on Lido Isle to consume alcohol, says NBPD Tuesday, March 19, at 10:17 p.m., Newport Beach Police responded to a call on Lido Isle concerning a male suspect trespassing on a private boat. Upon arrival, officers met with the reporting party who expressed a desire to prosecute and signed a private persons arrest for trespassing. NEWPORT Further investigation revealed that the subject, Jerret Mlagenovich, 34, of Santa Ana, had BEACH forced entry onto a secure boat in order to steal and consume alcoholic beverages, according to NBPD PIO Heather Rangel. Clear Sky Mlagenovich was arrested for trespassing, burglary and a felony probation violation. His Humidity: 71% bail was set at $20,000. Wind: 5.61 m/h Someone takes $44,000 necklace…no leads 51.6°F Newport Beach Police received a report that sometime between March 2 and March 16, someone entered an apartment in the 22700 block of Pelican Hill Road S and stole a necklace valued at $44,366. MON TUE WED The victim stated that multiple people had access to the property during the two-week period. They filed a citizen’s complaint of grand theft. There were no eyewitnesses and no apparent leads. 51/51°F 51/61°F 56/60°F Scroll down to Police Beat for all arrests & crime report Fair Game By TOM JOHNSON The grunion are running, the grunion are running! The grunion are running this weekend. They come ashore in the surf for “three to four consecutive nights, beginning on the nights of the full moons and new moons,” according to California Beaches. “Spawning occurs after high tides and continues for several hours. Peak spawning is from late March to early June.” Okay, so here’s what I know, you take a bucket and, of course, a fishing license if you’re 16 or older, and you catch the little suckers with your bare hands. Then what, you ask? You cook and eat them. Online you can find recipes to make “grunion” tacos or grilled grunion. Who knew? I think I’m more of a spectator. Happy fishing. Best times are tonight from 11:20 p.m. to 1:20 a.m.; tomorrow (Saturday), midnight to 2 a.m.; and Sunday, 12:40 to 2:40 a.m. • • • CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) is hosting its bi-annual “Drill the Skills” event tomorrow, March 23, from 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. at the Newport Beach Fire Station on Acacia. It’s open to all CERT volunteers who have the opportunity to practice their skills or just volunteer to help. Then, next Thursday, March 28, at 6 p.m., CERT presents their Earthquake and Tsunami Awareness Workshop in the Civic Center Community Room. The event is held in conjunction with Tsunami Awareness Week. It’s open to all Orange County residents and features guest presenters from the state. You don’t have to register to attend. I asked our Fire Chief Chip Duncan about what the program means to the community: “CERT is important to develop in our community, because it enables our neighborhoods to stand alone during a disaster. Our residents need to be able to be self-sufficient for at least 72 hours after a major disaster. Neighborhoods should be able to manage minor incidents so fire and PD can respond to larger incidents. This boils down to neighbors helping neighbors. Essentially our CERT team members are our force multipliers.” The Chief reminded me that under Matt Brisbois’ leadership, our CERT program “is second to none.” CERT has more coming in May. You can check it all out here. • • • When we talk about local news, what’s more local to Newport Beach than USC? If you don’t believe me, drive the streets of Balboa Island during football season and check out all of the banners hanging to support the Trojans. That being said, Carol Folt, the former chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has become the 12th president in the school’s history and the first woman. She begins July 1. USC, of course, has had a couple of tough years with the school dean drug issue, the misconduct of the school’s longtime gynecologist and, most recently, the ongoing school admissions scandal. Add to that that their football team has stunk it up recently and she has a lot of work ahead of her. • • • Segerstrom Center for the Arts has dropped its appeal fighting the approval of the proposed new Orange County Museum of Art in Costa Mesa. OCMA is in the midst of moving from their Newport Beach facility and now in temporary South Coast Plaza Village digs, to their eventual final home. Back in January, Segerstrom Center President Terrence Dwyer appealed the Costa Mesa Planning Commission’s approval of the plan for a nearly 54,000-square- foot museum. He resigned a month later. A coincidence? I think not. Dwyer was definitely swimming upstream against that decision. His statement upon exiting was that it was “the right time to leave professionally.” OCMA is scheduled to open sometime in 2021. Events, programs at OASIS Senior Center Stump the Stu Telling time by the sun 801 Narcissus Ave., Corona del Mar 92625 949.644.3244 Parking is Free! OASIS Senior Center is on Facebook! Sign up to receive the newsletter HAPPENINGS The Science Behind Global Climate Change Wednesdays, now through April 10 from 4 - 5:30 p.m. in Room 2. Led by David K. Larue geologist and This is as close as we can professor. Say you were a scientist come to actually singing to our studying global climate change. How readers on their birthdays! would you prove that it is happening We’d love to include yours – now? In this class, you will review the and/or your friends and highly creative and innovative science behind global climate change, children’s birthdays here. including uncertainties and Just email to: controversies, in a way that is easily [email protected] Click on photo for a larger image understood and appreciated even if It was time for readers to guess where you can tell the time by the sun...with this you don’t have a science background. Celebrate and enjoy your contemporary sundial on the top of a tower. Stu thought this was an easy one, but received To RSVP, call 949.644.3244 or email only one correct answer. birthday! [email protected]. Congratulations to Joe Stapleton...who we just can’t seem to stump! He knew this Meal & A Movie sundial was located on top of the tower that can be found at The Bluffs Shopping Center at March 19 Wednesday, March 27 with the Bison and MacArthur. screening of Crazy Rich Asians. Meal Brenda Copeland McCroskey If you have a unique spot or icon around town that you think Stu News Newport readers starts at 12 p.m.; the movie starts at 1 Chris Keller would enjoy finding out about, please shoot it, share it and give us the location, so we can p.m. in the Evelyn Hart Event Center. challenge them! Happy Hunting. Pam Wilkinson Please call the prior Friday to request a meal. Synopsis: Native New Yorker March 20 Rachel Chu accompanies her Ashlee Maudlin longtime boyfriend, Nick Young, to his best friend’s wedding in Singapore. Desiree Goodson Rachel is unprepared to learn that Don Saulic Nick is not only the scion of one of the Jerry Ness country’s wealthiest families, but also Rick Taylor one of its most sought-after bachelors. Being n Nick’s arm puts a target on Rachel’s back, with jealous socialites March 21 and worse, Nick’s own disapproving Lauran Roberson mother taking aim. And it soon Michael Dean becomes clear that while money can’t Richard Luehrs buy love, it can definitely complicate things. Starring: Constance Wu and Henry Golding. Running time: Two March 22 hours. David Chase UCI Shakespeare Reader’s Circle Dinh Ta Thursdays, April 4 - 25 from 12:30 - Joshua King 2:30 p.m. in Room 2B. Presented by Susan C. Jarratt, professor emeritus at Katie Dickson UCI, this free group reads works by Margaretta Morin Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Pascal Gimenez out loud each session, assigning Valerie Torelli parts scene by scene and breaking frequently for discussion. No background in Shakespeare or drama March 23 is required. Books will be provided. Richard Brower Space is limited. RSVP by calling Sherry Jackman 949.644.3244 or email Ted Groves [email protected]. SAVE THE DATES: Friend of OASIS Annual Fundraiser March 24 “Ole! Ole! Fiesta Fantastica” Alan Beyer Saturday, April 13 from 5 - 9 p.m. Matt McGilvray Enjoy dinner, wine, dancing, and gaming. Features a Wheel of Fortune, Silent Auction and Surprise balloon March 25 Sales with prizes donated by Anthony Perkins restaurants, retail shops and local Lee Rutter Runnels services. Entertainment by Tears of Louise Fiduccia Joy. Proceeds benefit important Madelynn Stetson Forgey programs and services that enhance the lives of seniors in Corona del Mar, Michelle Brown Newport Beach and the surrounding Samantha Luehrs areas. Cost: $45. Tickets on sale now. Take Five: Meet Eric Chenowith...former pro basketball player now insures them By AMY SENK Annual Volunteer Recognition When you see Eric Chenowith around Corona del Mar, where he resides, you know Wednesday, April 17 at 12 p.m. immediately that he played basketball: He’s a 7’1” man who often wears Kansas Jayhawk Drug Take Back gear, so it would be kind of hard to miss.