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🌱 Patch AM: Which Laguna Beach leaders and heroes shaped Orange County in 2025?

And on the Laguna Beach Patch calendar - Chanukah Comedy Night with Sandy Hackett

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What's up Laguna Beach! Let's start this morning right by getting caught up on what's going on around town. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Which Laguna Beach leaders and heroes shaped Orange County in 2025?
  • Which Laguna Beach educator is being honored in countywide arts awards?

Also on today's calendar: Chanukah Comedy Night with Sandy Hackett .

Find out what's happening in Laguna Beachfor free with the latest updates from Patch.

Today's riddle: What did one astronaut stranded on the moon say to another? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

Find out what's happening in Laguna Beachfor free with the latest updates from Patch.

  • Friday: Low clouds, fog forming, with a high of 64 and low of 55 degrees.
  • Saturday: Partly sunny and cool, temps: high: 62, low: 54.
  • Sunday: Clouds and sun, with a high of 66 and low of 53 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Meet the 125 Most Influential People in Orange County for 2025 (ocregister.com) — Several Laguna Beach figures made this year’s list of Orange County’s 125 most influential people, from Mayor Alex Rounaghi’s leadership during the Rancho fire to philanthropist Alec Glasser’s new UCI music-and-wellbeing center. The roundup also spotlights lifesaving surf rescues off Treasure Island Beach, a Laguna College of Art + Design mega-gift, and a rising teen racer from town.
   

• Arts educators, leaders to be celebrated at 2026 OC Music and Arts Administrators Awards (ocde.us) — Laguna Beach gets a nod in the 2026 Orange County Music and Arts Administrators Awards, with a Laguna Beach Unified School District educator among the honorees and Festival of Arts of Laguna Beach as a sponsor. The free March 4 ceremony at Costa Mesa’s Segerstrom Center will celebrate standout arts teachers, administrators, and advocates from districts across Orange County.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Save Dizz’s As Is!
    We had dinner here tonight, last time was 15 years ago, and we were reminded of how special this place is to local Laguna. There were so many locals… (Nextdoor The Village)
  • Leaps of Faith, Remembered in Laguna
    We were creeps to courage, two old friends pretending distance was destiny, living on different planets— yours bright with noise and forward motion,… (Nextdoor The Village)
  • Laguna Beach Unified School District posted a job opening for Assistant Coach Girls Lacrosse in Laguna Beach. Apply here.
  • Advantage Solutions posted a job opening for Part Time Product Demonstrator in Costco in Laguna Niguel. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Laguna Beach here.

🗞 Nearby News

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  • Free Things to Do: Holiday Shows and Movies (voiceofoc.org)
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Irvine

  • Irvine's New 'Library of Things' (irvinecommunitynewsandviews.org)
  • Brewbound Podcast: A Brewbound Live Recap, Plus Karl Strauss CEO Chris Cramer (brewbound.com)
  • Trump's Truth Social Just Inked a $6 Billion Merger in Perhaps the Most Bizarre M&A Deal of 2025 (inc.com)

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