YOUR BEST SOURCE FOR LOCAL NEWS, EVENTS AND MORE Capistrano Unifi ed Updated Shuttle DPYB Mustangs School District Dips Map and Info for Pony Sectional into Reserves July 4 Fireworks Champs EYE ON DP/PAGE 3 EYE ON DP/PAGE 4 SPORTS/PAGE 16 JULY 2–8, 2010 LOCAL NEWS YOU CAN USE VOLUME 3, ISSUE 27 Congrats to the Class of FEATURING 2010 • Complete list of graduates • Award and scholarship 766 Grads Bid Farewell to winners EYE ONDana DP/PAGE Hills 6 High School • Photos and more from graduation day SPECIAL INSERT Dana Hills High School seniors celebrated graduation day on June 23. Photo by Gibby/zone57.com www.danapointtimes.com City and Business Calendar EyE on DP Saturday, July 3 Lantern. Please note that the last shuttle For more information, log on to leaves the harbor at 11:30 p.m. Buses www.dohenystatebeach.org/ LOCAL NEWS & IN-DEPTH REPORTING Farmers Market 9 a.m.–1 p.m. La Plaza do not run during the fireworks show. Park, 34111 La Plaza Street. Admission is Log on to www.danapointtimes.com for Wednesday, July 7 free. For more information or to inquire more information. about purchasing a booth for $25, please Sunrise Rotary Club 7 a.m. the Monarch call 949.573-5033 or 951.271.0669. Monday, July 5 Beach Sunrise Rotary Club meets every www.danapoint.org Wednesday at the Ritz-Carlton. 1 Ritz- City Offices ClosedJuly 4th holi- Carlton Drive, 949.493.2759, www. Sunday, July 4 day observed. City offices closed. monarchbeachrotary.com 949.248.3501, www.danapoint.org July 4th Fireworks 9 p.m. Dana Point Harbor, 34624 Golden Lantern. The Doheny State Beach Independence Day Thursday, July 8 DP show is free and synchronized to music Aftermath - Park and Beach Cleanup Coastmasters 7 a.m. the Coastmasters Dana Point on KSBR 88.5FM. Free shuttle buses will All day at Doheny State Beach. The staff of Dana Point (a Toastmasters affili- make round trips from Dana Hills High at Doheny State Beach would appreci- ate) meets every Thursday at the Jolly School to Dana Point Harbor from 10:00 ate any help from volunteers to clean up Roger Restaurant, 34661 Golden Lantern, a.m. to 11:30 p.m. Bus stop at the corner after the masses of picnickers! This is 949.496.9610, www.coastmasters.org of Dana Point Harbor Dr. and Golden considered the messiest day of the year. Dana Point’s Top1 5 Hottest Topics What’s Up With... of hard work remains because $5 million in Fire Authority (OCFA) firefighters responded 1 Last Week: N/a • WeekS oN The charT: 1 cuts is still necessary. 4 Last Week: N/a • WeekS oN The charT: 4 to a house fire in Dana Point. During their The board, which includes Mayor Steven investigation after the fire was put out, they …School District Dips Weinberg from Dana Point, considered the …Update on Woman Suing made the gruesome discovery of the body of into Reserves? budget in May, but declined to approve it an 84-year-old woman among the rubble. because staffers recommended various fee City Over Pot Dispensary? The amount of debris—referred to as near- increases. The budget is about $258 million. hoarding conditions by officials—coupled THE LATEST: Capistrano Unified School Dis- OCFA is grappling with how to cover THE LATEST: The case filed against the city by the fact that there were no smoke alarms trict trustees on Tuesday dipped into reserves cost-of-living salary increases mandated by by Malinda Traudt alleging that the city’s appeared to have prevented the woman’s to pass a $364 million budget, saying the move employee contracts approved years ago. A efforts to shut down the medical marijuana escape. was necessary to ensure school employees committee was supposed to come back with dispensary where her mother purchases In an effort to prevent this type of tragedy get paid. recommendations to make the $5 million her prescribed edible marijuana is uncon- in the future and because the fire is still fresh Deputy Superintendent for Business & in cuts without fee increases previously stititutional was ruled on in three separate on the minds of the deceased woman’s neigh- Support Services Ron Lebs said the reserve proposed, but the work didn’t get finished, proceedings in the last two weeks. bors, local firefighters canvassed the area—in money, which drops the emergency account and the budget was passed with the caveat On June 15 Orange County Superior particular the streets of Camino El Molino, from $7.28 million to $1.8 million, is necessary the cuts come back. Court Judge Nomoto Schumann ruled—in Via Velez, Calle Velez and Calle Naranja—to to ensure the district can obtain a future “tax the case of Traudt vs. the City of Dana distribute information regarding smoke revenue anticipation note,” or TRANs, to meet WHAT’S NEXT: The budget will be brought Point—that due to previous court rulings, alarms. Firefighters gave out information its payroll. Because the district receives its in- back to the board within the next 120 days. there is no constitutional right to obtain about the many smoke alarms available, how come from the state in bulk payments, TRANs medical marijuana and further that, a city’s and when to change smoke alarm batteries. are commonly used short-term loans. FIND OUT MORE: See www.ocfa.org right to regulate and/or ban dispensaries They also installed working smoke alarms in The budget was passed with other cuts, —JV can not be preempted by state law. Because homes without them. though, as the district struggles with finances of this, the judge said that Traudt’s attorney after repeated years of trims. District officials Last Week: N/a • WeekS oN The charT: 2 must be amended and filed by June 21. WHAT’S NEXT: The OCFA would like this said $90 million has been cut since 2006. Cuts 3 Last month the judge agreed to fast-track mission to reach beyond this recently affected approved Tuesday included a pay cuts and …Quicker Response on Traudt’s case due to her failing health and neighborhood and serve as a reminder to furloughs for administrators that totaled be- set a trial date of September 20. the entire community about the role working tween 6.7 percent and 7.8 percent, the layoff Water Tests? Also on June 15 the court heard a mo- smoke alarms play in saving lives during a of nearly 19 classified workers—including tion by Traudt’s attorney Jeffrey Schwartz fire. campus supervisors—and a reduction in the THE LATEST: Health officials are starting to intervene in the city’s case against the “Residents should be aware that now is the number of counselors at high school campus, a water-quality testing system that would Beach Cities Collective, seeking to close it time to check your smoke alarms and change from two to one. That drew complaints from return results in about four hours instead down. The city’s opinion is that the collec- the batteries,” said OCFA Fire Marshal Laura parents, who complimented San Clemente’s of the current 24 hours. That would allow tive is operating illegally and is contrary to Blaul. “It could make the difference between counselors and pointed out the recommended the results to be posted online, recorded on zoning laws. life and death. The extra two minutes that the number of counselors is one for every 250 hotlines, Twittered and even publicized on Superior Court Judge William Monroe de- smoke alarm provides, greatly increases your students. San Clemente High has more than screens at the beach so beach-goers know nied Traudt’s motion to intervene. Schwartz chance of survival in a house fire.” 3,000 students. what faces them in the water. appealed the ruling seeking a writ from the OCFA issued a press release asking local Richard Sanchez, the Orange County Di- appellate court to halt proceedings in this residents to join them in its efforts to reduce WHAT’S NEXT: Trustees have a year to rector of Environmental Health, said various case while the appeal is pending. risks, prevent fires, and improve community replenish the reserves to the usually manda- agencies test 103 locations along the coast, On June 28 the 4th District Court of safety by doing the following: tory 2 percent level. Lebs said the district but nine are planned for the rapid-response Appeal issued a temporary stay, halting the • Have a battery operated smoke alarm on anticipates needing another $11 million in cuts pilot program. Three of those are around the June 29 injunction against the collective by every level of your home and in every sleep- next year. mouth of San Juan Creek at Doheny State the city. ing area—even if you have hard-wired smoke Beach. alarms. FIND OUT MORE: See the “Beyond the Black- WHAT’S NEXT: The court gave the city until • Check hard-wired and battery operated board” blog at www.danapointtimes.com WHAT’S NEXT: The program will launch July 13 to respond. smoke alarms every month. —Jonathan Volzke Tuesday, county officials said. • Change the batteries twice a year. Last Week: N/a • WeekS oN The charT: 2 FIND OUT MORE: Stay tuned for updates • Replace the entire unit every ten years. 2 FIND OUT MORE: See http://ocbeachinfo. —AS …A Budget for OCFA? com/ or call 714.433.6400. You can also Last Week: N/a • WeekS oN The charT: 4 FIND OUT MORE: For other important safety follow the county’s’ water-quality depart- 5 information, call 714.573.6200 or log on to ment on Twitter at http://twitter.com/oc- ….OCFA Canvasses Area www.ocfa.org.