Newsletter: TimesOC: Coastal Commission to weigh in on Laguna’s short-term lodging rules

Good morning. It’s Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017. Here’s what’s been happening around O.C.

Top story

Coastal Commission to weigh in on Laguna’s short-term lodging rules

Laguna Beach must prove its case to the California Coastal Commission if it wants to officially change city rules for short-term lodging. Commission staff members recommend the commission’s board deny Laguna’s request to ban stays of 30 consecutive days or less in residential areas for property owners who currently do not have permits to rent space in their houses and apartments for that amount of time. Daily Pilot

Around the county

Recall petition launched over development planned next to historic Los Rios district

The plan for a commercial development next to California’s oldest, continuously lived-in neighborhood has led to a petition to recall two San Juan Capistrano City Council members. TimesOC

14-year-old is on a mission to help victims of domestic violence and bullying

Anika Ortiz was 7 when her older sister was murdered, a victim of domestic violence. Since then, the tragedy has morphed into something else: an inspiration. Anika, now 14, is on a mission to do her part to help victims of domestic violence and bullying. TimesOC

Politics

Tech executive is latest Democrat to challenge Rep. Dana Rohrabacher

Rachel Payne, a former Google executive who now heads two technology firms, announced she is running against Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, a 15-term Republican from Costa Mesa. Los Angeles Times

Food

Column: Here’s how to start exploring Buena Park’s Koreatown restaurants

Buena Park, with its burgeoning Koreatown, is the new hub for Korean dining in O.C. All you have to do is figure out where to eat. From barbecue to soups and fried chicken to dessert, here are TimesOC food critic Sarah Bennett’s five places to get started. TimesOC

Taco Bell Cantina opening soon in Newport Beach

Taco Bell Cantina, the hipper, more upscale concept from the Irvine-based fast food giant, is expected to open this month at 2121 W. Balboa Blvd. in Newport Beach. Daily Pilot

Life & arts

Review: ABT’s ‘Nutcracker,’ a new classic worth watching over and over (and over)

“There seems a never-ending supply of subtle complexities to uncover in Ratmansky’s work,” dance critic Laura Bleiberg writes in the Los Angeles Times. “In the Waltz of the Flowers, I noticed for the first time the women’s shivering arm gesture, suggesting they’re quaking with joy. And in the Snow scene, the 24 female snowflakes continuously reform new angles and shapes, as though there were a real storm blowing them about.” Los Angeles Times

Sports

‘He chose the Angels!’ Japanese Americans in Southern California can’t wait to see Ohtani

The news spread as fast as they could read it on their phones. And inside bustling Mitsuwa Marketplace in Costa Mesa, shoppers waiting in holiday-season lines — purchasing geoduck, rice cookers and beribboned mochi sweets ready for gifting — started sharing it. Japan’s Shohei Ohtani, one of the most-wooed prospects in Major League Baseball history, bypassed the New York Yankees and the Dodgers to sign with the Angels. Los Angeles Times

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