Beaches Close + What's Next With Oil Spill Cleanup +Trains Return

Get on up, Laguna Beach! Let's get you started this Tuesday with everything you need to know going on today in Laguna Beach.

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First, today's weather:

Cool with clouds breaking. High: 75 Low: 63.

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Here are the top stories in Laguna Beach today:

1. The spill that threatens Crystal Cove State Beach, Laguna Beach shores isn't the worst in history, but it's up there. Here are 5 things to know about the oil spill (Orange County Patch).
2. Is a ship's anchor to blame for the massive Orange County oil spill? (Orange County Patch).
3. Rep. Steel hosts U.S. Coast Guard, local leaders for an update on the oil spill near Laguna Beach (Orange County Breeze).
4. UC Irvine's School of Business invites the entire community to connect with Latinx business leaders via Latinx Initiative Virtual Conference (UCI News).
5. Laguna Beaches Close Due To Massive Oil Spill In Orange County (Laguna Beach Patch).
6. Metrolink, Amtrak Resuming Service Between South Orange County, San Diego After Beach Erosion Repairs (CBS Los Angeles).

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Today in Laguna Beach: The beaches are closed due to the oil spill off the coast.

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Laguna Beach Patch Notebook

• City of Laguna Beach - Government: City of Laguna Beach closed all Beaches in Anticipation of Oil Spill Impacts.* The City of Laguna Beach, in coordination with other Federal, State, and local agencies, continues to closely monitor the encroaching oil sludge." (Facebook).

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About me: Ashley Ludwig has been a columnist and online news editor since 2007. Prior to joining Patch, she worked as a staff writer for Southwest Riverside's Valley News Newspaper--in print and online. She was a co-founder of the southern California news conglomerate, DailySoCal.com--and prior to that, a freelance journalist for such publications as the North County Times, San Diego Union-Tribune, and Southwest Riverside News Network (SWRNN.com), and still owns the local southern California Wine Country blog: TemeculaGrapevine.com. Ashley Ludwig has worked as a writer on the web since the late 1990s. She is a graduate of the University of Arizona, with a Bachelor of Arts and Sciences. Wife, and mother of two daughters, she is the author of multiple romantic suspense novels. www.ashleyludwig.com

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