Hike in Marquette at Vielmetti-Peters Conservation Reserve by Allison Jarrell | Jun 23, 2021 | Outdoors | 0 commentsTucked away along the western edge of Marquette is the lush Vielmetti-Peters Conservation Reserve, a 123-acre working forest with about 3.5 miles of trails to roam. Managed sustainably by the Upper Peninsula Land Conservancy, the forest is home to a diverse ecosystem. by Allison Jarrell | Jun 17, 2021 | Counties, Outdoors, Towns, Vacation | 0 commentsAfter years of dreaming up tours of the North Manitou Shoal Light, it is finally becoming a reality. Thanks to the North Manitou Light Keepers, visitors can now take a 2 to 3-hour tour from Leland to the deck of the light to explore. Learn more about the tour plans.
Laguna Beach Local News
Coast Highway traffic rushes past Hotel Laguna. Photo by Allison Jarrell.
The California Coastal Commission voted Wednesday to find substantial issue with how Laguna Beach approved Hotel Laguna’s remodel, indefinitely delaying the historic landmark’s reopening.
The hearing turned on an appeal filed in March by Laguna Beach residents, Mark and Sharon Fudge, who challenged a local coastal development permit received by hotel-lease owner Mohammad Honarkar. Among the couple’s claims is that city officials failed to properly study bluff-top construction, unlawful improvements on the beach sand, major alterations to the historic building’s ground floor, and piecemealing the project via multiple permit applications.
Laguna Beach ordered construction at Hotel Laguna on Wednesday after city officials discovered last week that exterior work was underway without a permit.
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Mohammad Honarkar speaks during a Laguna Beach Business Club meeting at Kitchen in the Canyon in October 2018. Photo by Daniel Langhorne
By Bradley Zint & Daniel Langhorne
A prominent Laguna Beach real estate investor is on the brink of foreclosure on a $195.5-million loan backed by a portfolio of 19 properties, including the Hive complex, Royal Hawaiian restaurant, and Holiday Inn on South Coast Highway.
4G Ventures CEO Mohammad Honarkar was supposed to pay the approximately $133 million remaining on the loan, held by Delaware-based LCC Warehouse, by Dec. 9, but he did not do so, according to a lawsuit filed in Orange County Superior Court against Honarkar’s companies earlier this month.