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Laguna Beach boosts COVID-19 relief package to $2 million, adds hotel grants
The Inn at Laguna Beach’s Pacific Terrace overlooks the ocean. Courtesy of Classic Hotels & Resorts
The Laguna Beach City Council unanimously voted Tuesday to increase funding for its COVID-19 relief package to $2 million, ramping up programs to assist local businesses, workers, and residents enduring the pandemic’s economic fallout.
The Council’s latest appropriation is $600,000 for the LB CARES Hotel Program, which will grant hoteliers up to 50% of the transient occupancy tax they collected from overnight guests during the Fourth Quarter of 2020. The City Council approved a minimum grant of $5,000 and a maximum of $100,000 per hotel the vast majority of Laguna Beach’s 27 will qualify for some amount.
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Subscriber only A robber who donned a full chemical suit before spraying Coast pharmacy staff with a suspicious liquid and threatening them with a bomb has eluded police for the six years since the shocking crime. The man entered the Twin Waters Pharmacy on Ocean Dr in a hazmat suit about 12.15pm on January 15, 2015 and yelled that he was carrying rat poison and a bomb. The offender spent 40 minutes at the Twin Waters shopping centre before he committed the crime. At the time detectives said they are very concerned that the wanted man was still at large. Sunshine Coast Criminal Investigation Branch officer-in-charge Daren Edwards this week said police were unable to identify the man.
Ms Ritchie said traditionally Christmas Day was also busy between Brisbane and the Gold and Sunshine Coasts, with delays expected between 10am and 1pm. The best advice is to leave early in the morning, or after lunch to beat the traffic no matter what day you re travelling, she said. Ms Ritchie said sadly road crashes during the Christmas season were around 20 per cent more likely to result in death or serious injury. When you get behind the wheel, maintain a safe following distance, make sure you ve had enough rest, don t drink and drive, avoid distractions, wear your seat belt and don t speed.
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