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Kaira Rouda
Laguna Beach Books invites the public on May 7 at 5 p.m. to join a free Zoom virtual event with award-winning author Kaira Rouda as she discusses her latest novel. Rouda will have a conversation with radio host, Marrie Stone as they discuss her latest work. A Laguna Beach resident, Kaira is an author of psychological suspense novels including
Best Day Ever and
In her latest work,
The Next Wife, Kate Nelson had it all. A flourishing company founded with her husband, John; a happy marriage; and a daughter, Ashlyn. The picture-perfect family. Until John left for another woman. Tish is half his age. Ambitious. She’s cultivated a friendship with Ashlyn. Tish believes she’s won but she’s wrong
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Three Clubs Barefoot Canyon Classic champion team Nick Alexander, Aaron Taub, Brett Bradshaw and Jeff Regal in 2019. Firebrand File Photo
SchoolPower, Laguna Beach’s education foundation, will host the fifth annual Three Clubs Barefoot Canyon Classic & BBQ, at the Ranch at Laguna Beach on May 10. Members of the Laguna Beach community will come together for a day of golf and entertainment to raise funds to enhance the educational experience of students enrolled in the Laguna Beach Unified School District.
This year’s event will feature nine holes of barefoot golf, tequila tasting, wine tasting, a barbecue dinner, live music, silent online auction, and live auction. The silent auction includes Disneyland Park Hopper Passes, a two-night stay at Montage Los Cabos, certificates for local summer camps, and gift cards to favorite local eateries. Whether they attend the event or not, community members can participate in the auction by texting “schoolpower”
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In response to Tom Osborne’s article for Earth Day, there are many things that ring true to me personally about everyday being Earth Day. Having grown up in Los Angeles and being a strong climate advocate all my life, everyday I would see so much air pollution happening right and left and no one was doing anything about it and that made me very upset to see that.
Los Angeles in the past five years has now been incredibly transformed into a model for sustainability and climate change having a master sustainability plan to reduce the public health impacts of increased wildfire frequency and dangerous smog levels that are deadly and are only getting worse with a rapidly warming climate. 20 years ago when I lived in the city that wasn’t even thought of as a possibility.
Local rental group invites public to try stand-up paddle for free
Paddlers near Crescent Bay. Photo by Charlie Craig
A free community sunset paddle will be held at 5 p.m. this Saturday at Baby Beach in Dana Point. The event is hosted by a stand-paddle rental group, Sup to You, and will be offered every second and fourth Saturday. Free use of paddle boards will be offered on a first-come, first-serves basis. Paddlers who own their own boards are welcome to join in.
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Warning Signs Unheeded for Too Long
“It can’t really be that bad,” we say to ourselves. Our human nature seems to be inherently optimistic. How many articles did Woodward and Bernstein write about the revelations related to Watergate before the Congress and the American public was finally convinced there was “a cancer on the presidency”?
Optimistic, naïve Laguna, “Maybe Mohammad Honarkar really has the interest of Laguna Beach at heart.” “Maybe with all his money he can rejuvenate our town and bring about a renewal, reinventing the town in an imaginative, and still compatible way.”