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Laguna Beach artist Christiana Lewis Ulwelling was reunited with her large-scale painting ‘Elevate’ a decade after it was reported stolen.

But he noted that both Redondo Beach and Laguna Beach returned to fireworks after trying out drone shows.

Notably Redondo Beach and Laguna Beach switched back to fireworks after trying out drone shows, and some promoters of fireworks shows have voiced criticism over efforts to transition to drone shows.

Farther south and east, temperatures on Tuesday hit 115 degrees at Palm Springs and Death Valley National Park; 113 in Needles; 100 in Lake Elsinore; 99 in San Bernardino; 98 in Riverside and Chino; 97 in Ontario; 96 in Yorba Linda; 94 in Escondido; 89 in Santa Ana and Fullerton; 88 in Anaheim; 84 in Vista; 83 at John Wayne Airport; and 80 in Laguna Beach and Encinitas.

James Politoski, 64, of Laguna Beach was teaching his 15-year-old daughter how to drive Monday around 2:43 p.m. when she drove from the upper parking lot of a Gelson’s Market, breached the fence, and continued down an embankment to the Coast Highway near Wesley Drive and Montage Resort Drive, according to the Laguna Beach Police Department.