SUNDAY * South Coast Highway: Police arrested...

SUNDAY

* South Coast Highway: Police arrested a 42-year-old Laguna Niguel

resident on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol with

one prior conviction in the 600 block at 9:14 p.m.

* South Coast Highway: An unoccupied vehicle rolled onto the

inland side of the highway in the 1800 block at 4:26 p.m., hitting a

stop sign and a black truck. Only the stop sign was damaged.

* Forest Avenue: A major power outage affected about 3,000

residences for about two hours starting at 4:47 a.m. between Moss

Street and Aliso Beach. After it was restored, the power went out

again at 7:30 a.m. until the faulty transformer was found at 10:29

a.m.

* South Coast Highway: Citizens at Vacation Village reported an

injured bird at the bottom of the stairs at 12:19 p.m.

* South Coast Highway: A resident reported that four panting dogs

were inside a sports utility vehicle with only partially open windows

in the 300 block at 12:40 p.m. The man gave the dogs some water

through the window and police left a notice on the car at 12:50 p.m.

* South Coast Highway: Police arrested a 21-year-old janitor from

Stanton on suspicion of possessing about a half-gram of

methamphetamine in the 31100 block at 12:20 a.m.

SATURDAY

* Forest Avenue: A resident reported that a city sign was hitting

a wire when the wind blew in the 200 block at 6:52 p.m.

* Park Avenue: A resident reported that children were

skateboarding on the high school tennis courts at 8:18 p.m.

* Forest Avenue: A business owner reported that a man was playing

a horn in front of the store in the 200 block, bothering customers at

3:01 p.m.

* Gunderson Road: A resident reported that a coyote that looked

dead was on his property in the 20700 block at 3:32 p.m. Animal

services conducted a rabies investigation of the animal.

* Laguna Canyon and Raquel roads: Police arrested a 32-year-old

Cerritos resident on suspicion of driving while intoxicated and three

counts of possessing a controlled substance at 12:21 a.m.

* Laguna Canyon Road: Police are looking for a suspect who caused

about $4,000 of damage at the Laguna Beach College of Art and Design

by tipping over a statue, several trash cans and breaking flood

lights at 3:30 a.m.

NOV. 21

* Broadway and North Coast Highway: Police arrested a 47-year-old

Aliso Viejo resident on suspicion of being drunk in public at 8:15

p.m. and discovered he had a $10,000 San Bernardino warrant for

burglary during the investigation.

* Park Avenue: A resident reported that that loud explosions and

screaming were coming from the high school at 9:53 a.m. A science

teacher was on the football field conducting an experiment.

* 3rd Avenue and South Coast Highway: Police arrested a

33-year-old Laguna Niguel resident on suspicion of possessing

methamphetamine and a meth pipe at 7:09 p.m.

NOV. 20

* Ocean Way: A resident reported that a magazine salesman was

verbally forceful with him and tried aggressively to get into his

house in the 1800 block at 4:46 p.m.

* South Coast Highway: A man driving a gray truck said a child on

a Thurston Middle School bus threw toothpaste at his car in the 30800

block at 12:51 p.m.

* Ceanothus Drive: A resident reported that someone hit a wire

fence, knocking it off its foundation, and drove away in the 31300

block at 7:20 a.m.

NOV. 19

* Cress Street Beach: A resident reported that he and his daughter

saw a couple having sex on the beach for the second time in two weeks

at 7:37 p.m.

* Alta Laguna Park: Police arrested a 33-year-old Long Beach

resident for a traffic violation and found that he had $30,000 worth

of outstanding violations in the 3300 block at 7:55 a.m.

* The Police Log is compiled and written by Mike Swanson from oral

and written reports from the Laguna Beach Police Department and other

sources. Not all police activity is included. Arrests indicate

suspicion of violations, not charges filed nor the results of court

action unless noted.