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Free Trolleys Still Free; Sidewalk Finished; Trees Replaced
And more in Laguna Beach City Manager John Pietig's weekly update.

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Hiya. I'm Rich Kane, editor of Laguna Beach Patch since the site launched in Dec. 2010.
I've lived in Orange County off and on for 25 years, in La Habra, Irvine, Placentia and Seal Beach. I've worked in Costa Mesa, Santa Ana and Brea (Music Plus, yo!). And I went to college in Fullerton.
You may have seen my byline over the years in the Los Angeles Times, the Orange County Register, Orange Coast Magazine or the Long Beach Press-Telegram (where 11-year-old girls penned letters threatening me with bodily harm after reading my reviews of Spice Girls and Backstreet Boys concerts). Or you may know me from the seven years I spent as the Music Editor of OC Weekly, or my stint there as the paper's Managing Editor.
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And more in Laguna Beach City Manager John Pietig's weekly update.

She faces a maximum of seven years and eight months in state prison, as well as lifetime sex offender registration.
The Sport Chalet chain has launched its 4th annual SCUBA Treasure Hunt, worth big gift card bucks.
GUEST COLUMN: How susceptible is Laguna Beach - and the proposed Village Entrance Project - to liquefaction in the event of an earthquake?
A rundown of calls that came into the O.C. Sheriff’s Department on June 18.
A rundown of calls that came into the O.C. Sheriff’s Department on June 17.
The city claimed locking the gates at night prevented a public nuisance.