Laguna Beach Local News
Sawdust Art Festival board members Bruce Freund, Monica Prado, and Patsee Ober record artists’ booth selections on May 18, 2021. Photo by Daniel Langhorne
The Sawdust Art Festival grounds buzzed with activity Tuesday as artists picked their booth spots for the 2021 season, signaling that Laguna Beach might be nearing the end of its COVID-19 shutdown of large public events.
Booth-picking Day landed a day before Orange County entered the less-restrictive yellow tier of the state’s color-coded system for reopening the economy. Gov. Gavin Newsom plans to fully reopen the economy on June 15, which would allow summer festivals to restart without limits on crowd capacity.