Surfing, skiing & Grateful Dead - now that’s a film fest
By Leo Smith |
This week in Coast Lines: The spotlight is on outdoor adventure - plus a bit of Grateful Dead - at the Coast Film Festival debuting tonight in Laguna Beach.
Plus, what happened to Laguna’s Tommy Bahama? And the Port of Long Beach prepares for the arrival of Carnival’s largest cruise ship.
Here’s what’s happening along the Southern California coast. |
Coast Film Festival premieres tonight
It’s not everywhere you can go skiing in the morning and surfing by afternoon. But that’s what we get living in Southern California.
And that’s the point of the new Coast Film Festival opening tonight in Laguna Beach - to celebrate the outdoors and to drive home the need to preserve it.
It’ll open with a presentation by San Clemente surfer Greg Long, who - after chasing giant surf around the world (and almost dying in the process) - has shifted his focus a bit to protecting nature.
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Tommy Bahama closes abruptly in Laguna
It came as a shock to folks in Laguna Beach when the Tommy Bahama restaurant and retail shop at Coast Highway and Laguna Avenue closed down Tuesday night.
By early Wednesday, the windows were covered in brown paper and furniture was being hauled out.
Many say it’s another sign of the area’s troubles, with the neighboring Hotel Laguna shuttered the past two years and the South Coast Cinema building up for sale.
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Carnival sending its biggest ship to Long Beach
Carnival’s largest cruise ship, the 133,000-ton Panorama, is en route to Long Beach where it will soon be docked year-round.
In preparation, the city’s Planning Commission is expected to meet tonight to approve upgrades at the cruise terminal.
Some, though, are concerned about the environmental impact of planned improvements.
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What else?
San Clemente’s pier, railroad, beach and bluffs are all at risk as the sea level rises.
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44 nations competed in the junior surf championships in Huntington Beach and Team USA came out on top.
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A $50 million gift has given a big boost toward preserving Banning Ranch as a nature sanctuary.
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Remember when?
When did surfing come to Surf City? 1914 ... June 20, 1914 to be exact.
That’s when George Freeth hauled out his 8-foot wooden board and became the first person to catch a wave in Huntington Beach.
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