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In a year when most decisions have been shaped in one form or another by the coronavirus pandemic, Laguna Beach felt the impact in multiple ways.
Beach and school closures, cancellations and modifications of arts programs and annual festivals and changes to restaurant dining are just some of the issues the city grappled with.
Here are some of the top stories in Laguna Beach for 2020:
The Promenade on Forest
A long list of restrictions were put in place to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus in 2020. When outdoor dining was permitted, Laguna Beach introduced the Promenade on Forest, allowing for the businesses downtown to continue to operate with modifications.
Simply the best : Las Brisas owner Gustavo Alfaro leaves behind rich legacy
For Gustavo Alfaro, his restaurant and his customers gave him life.
At Las Brisas Restaurant off Highway 18 in Apple Valley, patrons were met with a “Hello, young people,” from the owner and more than likely a heart-to-heart conversation.
“It was almost like he was a life counselor,” his daughter, Brisa Alfaro, said. “When something was going wrong in their life, they came to the restaurant to talk to my dad and have a margarita. When something was going right in their life, they also came to the restaurant to have a margarita and talk to my dad.”
Up to 16 buried in new artisanal mine collapse in Nicaragua 2 minutes read
Managua, Dec 18 (efe-epa).- Between eight and 16 people became trapped underground in a new artisanal mine collapse Friday in Nicaragua, where more than a score of small-scale miners have died or gone missing in just over a month.
The accident occurred in the early morning hours at Las Brisas mine in Rancho Grande, a municipality located in the west-central department of Matagalpa, just over 200 kilometers (120 miles) north of Managua.
“Between eight and 16 people were trapped inside. I hope they’re not dead, but we think they died because the kids who managed to escape saw when the earth fell on those poor people,” Freddy Martinez, a farm laborer who was nearby when the mine collapsed, told Efe.