NEWPORT BEACH Comment prompts calls for Nichols’...

NEWPORT BEACH

Comment prompts calls for Nichols’ resignation

Several council members are calling for the resignation of

Councilman Dick Nichols, whose comments about Mexicans on Corona del

Mar State Beach have drawn national media attention.

Nichols has said that his comment was taken out of context because

it was singled out of a long telephone interview that touched on

dozens of aspects of Corona del Mar State beach improvements.

However, Nichols defended the comment itself.

The Irvine Co. unveiled plans for a sprawling luxury resort

surrounding the Pelican Hill Golf Course. The resort will include

guest rooms, residence inns, a spa and a new golf clubhouse.

Racks for storing dinghies could soon be installed at several

public beaches and piers. The city’s Harbor Commission is discussing

whether the racks could provide relief to boaters who hold permits to

berth their boats at off-shore moorings.

The Newport Harbor Nautical Museum was overrun with some tiny

pirates as more than a dozen youngsters gathered for the first “Story

Time at Pirate’s Cove.” The story-telling and sing-along events,

presented jointly with the library and the Oasis Senior Center, will

be ongoing.

* JUNE CASAGRANDE covers Newport Beach and John Wayne Airport. She

may be reached at (949) 574-4232 or by e-mail at

june.casagrande@latimes.com.