Laguna Canyon Road

LAGUNA COAST WILDERNESS PARK Laguna Coast Wilderness Park, 20101 Laguna Canyon Road; reservations and information, (949) 923-2235; o7www.ocparks.comf7. Open weekends, 7 a.m. to sunset. Parking lot hours: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Willow Canyon on Laguna Canyon Road, just south of the El Toro Road intersection. Open to hikers, equestrians and mountain bikers on specified trails; parking, $3. Tours led by Laguna Greenbelt Inc. at 8 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 8 and 15. Laurel Loop hike, 8 a.m. Saturday, Oct.22.

More public parking is on the way in downtown Laguna on what is now a city employee parking lot at the intersection of Laguna Canyon Road and Forest Avenue. The 130-space lot will be used until a proposed Village Entrance project -- the components of which have not yet been determined -- can be built. The parking lot project, approved Sept. 28 by the planning commission, is expected to be in place by spring 2007, pending approval from City Council.

Brian Allan exhibit reception Saturday Laguna Beach artist Brian Allan will have his work on exhibit at Spa Josephine with an artist reception from 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday. The exhibit will run through Sept. 30 with 25% of all sales donated to the Laguna College of Art and Design Student Scholarship Fund. Auction to support Sawdust benefit fund The Sawdust Art Festival's 19th annual Benevolence Fund Art Auction will be from noon to 3 p.m. Sunday. The purpose of the Benevolence Fund is to help artists in Laguna Beach should they face hardship.

TUESDAY South Coast Highway: Children reportedly stole some ice cream at 9:15 p.m. in the 100 block. South Coast Highway: A man told police that he was attacked by a co-worker at 10:23 a.m. in the 700 block. MONDAY Arch Street: A man was reportedly trying to get in the front door at 1:44 a.m. in the 200 block. SATURDAY Laguna Canyon Road: A man was reportedly driving recklessly and making hand gestures at 10:58 p.m. in the 2200 block.

Help is needed this weekend in efforts to relocate two of the four families displaced by the June 1 landslide into mobile homes on private property at the corner of Laguna Canyon Road and Canyon Acres, according to Mayor Elizabeth Pearson-Schneider. People with construction skills -- even rudimentary -- are needed to help build skirting around the trailers, stairs and decks or landings. The additions will also need to be painted, and carpet must be installed in the trailers.

Willow Canyon on Laguna Canyon Road, just south of the El Toro Road intersection. Open to hikers, equestrians and mountain bikers on specified trails without guides; parking, $3. Volunteers available for assistance. Dilley Preserve on Laguna Canyon Road is closed for at least six months due to road construction. Laguna Heights, the trailhead for West Ridge trail and other routes into Aliso and Wood Canyons Wilderness Park, loated at Top of the World on Alta Laguna Blvd.

LAGUNA COAST WILDERNESS PARK Laguna Coast Wilderness Park, 20101 Laguna Canyon Road; reservations and information, (949) 923-2235; o7www.ocparks.comf7. Open weekends, 7 a.m. to sunset. Parking lot hours: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Willow Canyon on Laguna Canyon Road, just south of the El Toro Road intersection. Open to hikers, equestrians and mountain bikers on specified trails; parking, $3. Tours led by Laguna Greenbelt Inc. at 8 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 8 and 15. Laurel Loop hike, 8 a.m. Saturday, Oct.22.

Send DATEBOOK items to the Laguna Beach Coastline Pilot, P.O. Box 248, Laguna Beach, CA 92652; fax to 494-8979; call 494-4321 or e-mail o7coastlinepilotlatimes.comf7o7. f7Submissions must be received two weeks before publication. TODAY PIANO MUSIC Austin Ray plays on the grand piano in the lounge inside the Hotel Laguna from 8 p.m. to midnight and from 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Saturdays, at 425 S. Coast Highway. Information: (949) 494-1151.

o7The following took place at the Oct. 4 meeting of the Laguna Beach City Council. f7 LANDSLIDE The council approved another extension of the declaration of emergency for the June 1 landslide, and allocation of $2,775 to James Moore and John Gustafson from funds donated for the landslide victims. Mayor Elizabeth Pearson-Schneider said housing has been found for 18 months for six families displaced by the Flamingo Road landslide and for one year for one family.

More public parking is on the way in downtown Laguna on what is now a city employee parking lot at the intersection of Laguna Canyon Road and Forest Avenue. The 130-space lot will be used until a proposed Village Entrance project -- the components of which have not yet been determined -- can be built. The parking lot project, approved Sept. 28 by the planning commission, is expected to be in place by spring 2007, pending approval from City Council.

Help is needed this weekend in efforts to relocate two of the four families displaced by the June 1 landslide into mobile homes on private property at the corner of Laguna Canyon Road and Canyon Acres, according to Mayor Elizabeth Pearson-Schneider. People with construction skills -- even rudimentary -- are needed to help build skirting around the trailers, stairs and decks or landings. The additions will also need to be painted, and carpet must be installed in the trailers.

Local women artists are wanted The Women's Club of Laguna Beach is considering holding a one-day Winter Art Boutique in mid-November. All types of arts and crafts are eligible. Women artists wishing to exhibit should contact Nadine Nordstrom today at (949) 494-0233. All-women jazz band performs Oct. 1 Laguna Beach Live is presenting Jazz at the Beach Weekend Saturday, featuring saxophonist Ann Patterson and her all-women 17-piece band, Maiden Voyage, performing at 8 p.m. Oct. 1 at Laguna Beach Artists' Theater, 625 Park Ave. Tickets -- $30 or $25 for adults and $15 for students -- are available at Laguna Playhouse, (949)

TUESDAY Brooks Street: A man told police that someone charged $3,000 to his credit card at 3:21 p.m. in the 31200 block. Pacific Avenue: Someone reportedly charged $1,691 to someone else's credit card at 11:49 a.m. in the 1200 block. MONDAY Skyline Drive: Tools were reportedly stolen from a job site at 10:01 a.m. in the 1500 block. Tree Top Lane: Someone reportedly pushed a golf cart over a hill at 9:31 a.m. in the 21600 block. SUNDAY Cozumel: A woman told police her car had been tampered with and she was receiving harassing phone calls at 5:27 p.m. in the 300 block.

Bake sale to benefit hurricane victims Laguna Beach High School ASB student representative Dylan Doumeng announced at Tuesday's board of education meeting that on Wednesday the school will have a bake sale to raise money for Hurricane Katrina victims, and another sale will take place Sept. 28. Back-to-school nights The Laguna Beach Unified School District schools will be having back-to-school nights as follows: El Morro Elementary School, 6 p.m. Sept.