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The Laguna Beach Cultural Arts Center will hold its “Day of the Dead: A Celebration of Life” annual fall fundraising event on the beautiful Moss Point Estates tennis court on Saturday, Oct. 29 from 6 to 9 p.m.

Since May, 39-year-old City Council candidate Louis Weil has been campaigning for one of the three empty seats available in the Nov. 8 election on a platform focused on the Laguna Beach family.The father of two young sons, a Little League coach, and PTA member, Weil said one of his goals, if he was voted into office, is to create a more family-friendly environment in Laguna Beach. 

Gelson’s Celebrates Pet Adoption Day Oct. 22Gelson’s Laguna Beach is hosting a pet adoption event on Oct. 22 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Catmosphere Laguna is co-hosting. To adopt you must to be 18 years or older and minors need to be accompanied by an adult. For more information, call Gelson’s marketing at 818-377-6494.

Here are my guesses about our coming elections, Laguna Beach Edition.Council Member Toni Iseman will not win because she is not running again. Otherwise, she probably would win because incumbents almost always win because of high name recognition. Given that, she has been in office since Clinton was President, which is a long time to make a lot of enemies, which she did, who would have attacked her. No matter. She isn’t running.

After five years in the making, Laguna Beach artist Jorg Dubin recently completed a dramatic, 60-foot public sculpture installed outside Irvine's Skyloft apartments. Aptly named "Mercury Falling," the project hopes to share an environmental message about climate change. 

OC Lifeguards recovered a 16-year-old female swimmer's body from the ocean approximately 100 yards offshore of Lighthouse Cove on Wednesday, Oct. 5. after reports of the victim missing in the water. 

Amy and Julian Mack, founders of Unconditional Inc., a new Laguna Beach nonprofit dog shelter focused on saving vulnerable and overlooked dogs, have announced Peter Chang as its executive director.

CeCe Sloan, arts programmer, will moderate five wonderful sessions at the Susi Q this fall that discuss the relevance of William Shakespeare’s work in our lives and politics, even 500 years after the bard’s death. 

It's 7 a.m. on a Tuesday. The sun’s barely had time to peek over the roofs of most Laguna Beach homes, but already, a lively and diverse group of about 20 are gathering on Catalina St., some coming from as far as Yorba Linda, to stroll the neighborhood together, engage in conversation and finish up with coffee at Laguna Coffee Company.

Jerome Pudwill declared his intention to run for one of three open Laguna Beach City Council seats in November just five weeks ago, relatively late to throw his hat into the ring. Still, the 35-year resident said he felt it essential to step up and represent the Laguna Beach locals.