Truck crashes into Gelato 101

Circa 6pm this evening. No word on injuries but possibly someone pinned under the truck in Gelato 101.

UPDATE: Suspected DUI.

Saloon sells for $6.1 million

 Coast News:

Neighboring bars, The Saloon and Shelter Bar and Lounge, located at 540-546 South Coast Highway 101, were purchased by a local private investor for $6.1 million in a deal announced Sept. 24.

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The history of The Saloon property goes back several decades. Maurice DeLay opened the Village Rendezvous at the site in the 1930s before it became the Grand Café in 1942 and the Daley Double Saloon in 1956, when Ruby and Frank Daley purchased the property, according to research by Kenneth Holtzclaw and Diane Welch.

The bar once hosted an illegal poker parlor upstairs and an outdoor smoking patio — now the location of the upscale Shelter Bar, which opened in 2013 — that featured Friday night boxing matches. Winning fighters received a $5 reward, according to Holtzclaw and Welch.

Open thread

No city council meeting tonight. Or next week, for that matter.

What’s going on out there?