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Editor's Note: The following is a letter written to the Coastline Pilot by Mission Viejo resident Barryn Vaughn. She and her family were at Aliso Creek Beach around 1:30 p.m. Jan. 22 taking pictures and enjoying the day. Later, they noticed what appears to be a young man proposing to his girlfriend in the background of some of the photos. Vaughn is hoping to find out who this mystery couple is so she can surprise them with candid photos of their special moment. If you have any information, please pass it along to coastlinepilot@latimes.com . * There was an amazing moment captured by accident as we (my daughter Jessica, her husband and my granddaughter, Makena)

Fowzia Temoria is 20year financial veteran.Fowzia Temoria, a 20-year financial services veteran, has been named a private banker for Wells Fargo's Laguna Beach location. The appointment was announced by Kim Young, manager of Wells Fargo Community Banking in Orange County. "Store-based private bankers are knowledgeable about all of Wells Fargo's financial services products, and they can connect customers to additional services such as home mortgage and insurance," Young said. "We want to meet every financial need of every Wells Fargo customer," said Warren Paez, store manager.

Hobby Lobby coming to Laguna Niguel Arts and crafts retailer Hobby Lobby is moving into Laguna Niguel. The chain's new location will be on Alicia Parkway between Pacific Park Drive and Avila Road in the Marketplace at Laguna Niguel shopping center, according to a news release from the store. The 77,800-square-foot space used to be home to Mervyn's. This location marks the eighth store in California for Hobby Lobby, which is based in Oklahoma City. It is expected to bring about 35 to 40 jobs to Laguna Niguel.

ALISO VIEJO - The artist calls the piece "Metronome. " It is one of two dozen art pieces that trick the eye as part of a 42-piece exhibition at Soka University of works by Arie A. Galles, a professor of painting and drawing at the Aliso Viejo campus. His "Metronome" may look like a painting on a canvas but it is not. The 54-inch by 92-inch tableau has a 3-D effect on the eye. The work is a hodgepodge of shimmering colors - oranges, reds, yellows, blues and greens - shaped into discs or patterned in straight and squiggly lines.

Suspected drunk driver hits car, wall A Laguna Beach woman was arrested early Wednesday morning on suspicion of drunk driving after reportedly hitting a vehicle and a wall. Stacie Decker Mead, 43, was arrested at 12:37 a.m. after reports came in that a woman had hit a parked SUV and left the scene. Her vehicle was found near the intersection of Capistrano and Noria streets with front-end damage consistent with the damage on the SUV, Lt. Jason Kravetz said. A headlight had also been left at the scene.

It's been nearly a year since the vibrant Laguna College of Art & Design mural along Laguna Canyon Road was painted gray by the building's tenant. Since then, LCAD mural instructor Mia Tavanotti has been hard at work, brainstorming and creating the Power of Words Project , which allowed residents to vote on a word that would inspire a new mural. On Saturday, Tavanotti stood alongside students, Mayor Jane Egly and State Sen. Curren Price (D-Los Angeles) during a ribbon-cutting ceremony that revealed the winning word: "wonder.

W hen is a $40 parking ticket more than a parking ticket? When the ticketee is a successful trial attorney. Brant Mittler, a tourist from Texas, is still "hopping mad" ??? his words ??? at getting a parking ticket in Laguna Beach on April 29 for having tires over the line in a parking space in the Glenneyre Street parking structure. And Mittler isn't one to back down from a fight. He's a personal injury attorney and practicing cardiologist in San Antonio who has won some major health-care damage awards in his day. So he's not afraid to take on the city of Laguna Beach over its practice of ticketing folks for parking their cars on or over parking spot lines.

LAGUNA BEACH — It was a sunny day Saturday, in so many ways besides just the weather. Former high school cross country and track teammates from nearly 40 years ago meet again, and it was like they had never left. Laguna Beach High’s track was officially named after Laguna legend Eric Hulst, maybe the best distance runner in Orange County prep history. And, oh yeah, the Laguna Beach Trophy Invitational returned after more than a 25-year absence for its 42nd incarnation.

Laguna Beach police arrested a 34-year-old Anaheim man on suspicion of attempted lewd acts with a child and a related charge at 7:12 p.m. Tuesday during a sting operation at Alta Laguna Park, Sgt. Darin Lenyi said. Scott Fish was arrested on charges of attempted lewd acts with a child and sending a minor harmful matter. Both are felonies. Fish was booked at the Laguna Beach City Jail and transported to the Orange County Jail; his bail was set at $100,000. The arrest came after the group Perverted Justice, a nonprofit organization specializing in identifying adult sexual predators of underage children on the Internet, contacted detectives about a suspect soliciting sex acts from a perceived 13-year-old Laguna Beach girl.

Families gathered early Thursday at Top of the World Elementary to hear second- and third-graders sing during the annual Young America Sings program. The kids gathered in rows on stage — decked out in red, white and blue — as parents and grandparents waved from the audience, snapping pictures and recording video on iPhones and camcorders. Parents shouted names, trying to find their child among the patriotic sea. Choral Music Teacher Beth Sand sat in the front with a guitar in her lap, strumming familiar songs that many audience members clapped along to. Kids swayed back and forth, singing loud and clear, with fun corresponding hand movements, making it hard to believe they were asleep a short time ago. Brett Morris watched on as his second-grader, Keanu, sang on stage.

A one-page flier, printed front and back, and entitled "Skateboarders on Steep Hills" was recently taped to our fence. Since the flier is reputed to have come from the "Bluebird Canyon" neighborhood (a neighborhood in which I live), I was interested in reading the message and perhaps getting in contact with the authors of the flier since it makes a number of assertions. I like to check the facts, and, unfortunately, wasn't able to since there wasn't any contact information in the flier except a plea to write or call my City Council members.

Now Laguna Beach foodies don't have to travel far up Coast Highway for a taste of Umami Burger — the Los Angeles-based burger restaurant is coming to town. The restaurant plans to open a location at 610 N. Coast Hwy. in January, CEO and founder Adam Fleischman said. Fleischman, who has a background in wine, applied his adoration for subtle flavors with his menu, which is focused on "umami," a Japanese word for the "fifth taste. " "When I was trying to exit the wine business I was looking for something else to do," he said.