A quick review of several parking and traffic rules may preclude an injury, or prevent the towing away of a seemingly legally parked car. Read on to learn more. Non-Resident Parking—Something occurring more and more lately is that “guests” of residents are entering our community and using it as a parking lot. This occurs most often when there is … [Read more...]

Lock it, or loose it! August is normally a period where the rate of thefts from vehicles starts to escalate. We have been very fortunate that reports of thefts from our vehicles have been almost non-existent during recent months. This may well be because “Car Clouts” often don’t attack locked vehicles as stiffer penalties exist for those that … [Read more...]

Guest List Reminder—Our summer season is officially here and we will likely experience more visitors than any other time of the year. I would encourage every- one to double check that our guest lists are current and all visitors are included. Also, when inviting a guest of any sort into our community, please provide them with driving directions to … [Read more...]

TRAFFIC AND SAFETY Guest Lists—Our Gate Attendants have requested that everyone ensure your guest lists on Dwelling Live are current. During the winter months many folks modify their lists to allow for seasonal groups of friends, relatives, carpools, and service providers. Now as summer holidays approach, please review your guest lists to avoid … [Read more...]

Compromised Security at Gates As mentioned before in this column, service and delivery people that utilize GPS to reach an address within our commu- nity will often be directed to the Selva or Cabrillo gates. There, a good number of folks become flustered when the gate doesn’t open for them. They then lose their composure and don’t see or read the … [Read more...]

Neighborhood Electric Vehicles With spring and warm weather season almost here, a lot of folks will be preparing their golf carts or neighborhood electric vehicles (NEVs) to transport friends and family to the beach and pool, or to visit neighbors within the community. To minimize confusion about operating these vehicles in Niguel Shores, we have … [Read more...]

We haven’t received an end of the year report yet from our Sheriff’s Office, but as it stands now there is a good chance that we may experience the distinction of being free of repressible felony crime for the past year. This could be quite an achievement for a community our size, and one that was only able to rely on limited police resources. We … [Read more...]

Update Your List—It’s that time of the year when we are filled with positive feelings and may have more guests than usual to entertain. Unfortunately, a frustrating delay at the entrance to our gate-guarded community could spoil the joyous and festive mood. To minimize such conflict and expedite guests to our homes, we urge everyone to ensure that … [Read more...]

Traffic Backup at the Mariner Gate—More and more of our neighbors are having construction projects done on their residences. This brings a heavy flow of service providers to the Mariner Gate at about 7:30 each morning. All of them are eager to be screened and allowed to enter our community to start the day’s work on their various projects. One … [Read more...]

Mariner Gate Entry—As summer draws to a close, our Mariner Gate attendants will have screened a record number of guests and service providers. Each one had to be individually screened for access and control reasons. With the ever-increasing volume, traffic has at times backed up toward Niguel Road, causing a potential hazard. A few impatient and … [Read more...]