Oak Street

WEDNESDAY Ann's Lane: A woman was reported handcuffed with no key to release herself at 1:22 a.m. in the 21562 block. TUESDAY Coast Highway: A vehicle fire was reported at 11:06 p.m. in the 30600 block. Laguna Canyon Road: A dog was reported hit by a vehicle in the outbound lane at 10:31 p.m. in the 2400 block. Blue Lagoon Beach: Teens were reportedly drinking alcohol on the beach at 6:17 p.m. Poplar Street and High Drive: A Toyota RAV 4 was reported stolen at 4:49 p.m. Cliff Drive: Animal cruelty was reported concerning a dog allegedly locked in a car at 2:55 p.m. in the 100 block.

TUESDAY Fairywood Lane: A woman told police that someone was harassing her on the phone at 5:23 p.m. in the 1200 block. Mystic Way: Two broken eggs were reportedly found in a driveway at 6:56 a.m. in the 600 block. Ramona Avenue: A man told police that money was stolen from his house at 3:43 p.m. in the 500 block. Skyline Drive: A house and car were reportedly egged at 12:42 a.m. in the 1300 block. South Coast Highway: A man was reportedly screaming at people at 8:30 p.m. in the 1400 block.

Police recognized for work in child abuse Laguna police were honored for their work with child abuse victims. The Child Abuse Services Team of Orange County, composed of a collection of county social workers, medical professionals and law enforcement officers, gave a plaque to the police department at the Oct. 19 City Council meeting. The award was accepted by Sgt. Darin Lenyi and Det. Zach Martinez. The Child Abuse Services Team was set up in 1989 to interview children who reported being victims of abuse.

I received a message the other day from Mark Pitz, father of local surf phenom Taylor Pitz. He asked me if I had any use for some of Taylor's vast collection of surfing trophies now that she is bound for Stanford this coming fall. I happily obliged and told Mark that the trophies would be put to good use as awards to winners of our local surf comps — like the Oak Street Surf Jam, an event Taylor won several years ago. He was stoked at the idea of passing them on to other young surfers.

Eat, pray if you like, love, walk and skateboard. Laguna Beach is more than a "skateboard park. " It is a skateboard heaven. The whole town is up and down, and people have been skateboarding here from the beginning when a skateboard was a piece of wood with a pair of old skates screwed on the front and back. Certainly we need some good ideas in relation to safety on the really steep hills, but a ban will never work. Like one writer said, it's part of our culture and it ain't going away.

Police identify signmaker The man who made the anti-Israel signs posted near the Chabad Jewish Center was cited at 9:08 a.m. April 1 for a municipal code violation, according to police. Hassan Sadr of Lake Forest was cited and let go after putting up unauthorized signs on public property. The signs featured a crossed out Israeli flag and the words "Apartheid Israel. " No other signs have been seen since. Men arrested for drug possession Two men were arrested for drug-related charges on Cleo Street at 12:12 a.m. Sunday.

If you happened to be on Main Beach Monday watching the four stand-up paddleboarders near the reef, and you happened to watch one of the paddleboarders inadvertently catch a wave and crash into her instructor — well, then you saw me. Carlos Mendizabal and I had signed up for a lesson early Monday morning with the new Stand Up Paddle Company at Coast Highway and Oak Street. We arrived a bit bleary-eyed with our main concern being what to wear. The skies were May-gray overcast, and the water decidedly chilly at 62 degrees.

A plan by the city to place permanent lifeguard towers at more coves and beaches has sunk in rough waters. The California Coastal Commission last week upheld an appeal of the city’s permanent guard tower plan and told city officials that they would have to continue with temporary structures that would be removed during the non-summer season at Picnic, Bird Rock, Sleepy Hollow, Thalia Street and Oak Street beaches. Marine Safety officials said the permanent towers — featuring sun shades and heavy-duty steps — were necessary to fulfill OSHA requirements and keep lifeguards protected from sun and wind while they watched swimmers.