🌱 Kinder Back to School Night and 11 more events

Coffee in hand, Laguna Woods? We've got the latest town updates for you. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☕️️

Coming up on the calendar:

• Back to School - Back to Dance! One Day Registration at Focus Dance Center
• Opera Laguna Concert & FUNdraiser at Private home
• Awakened Lifestyle Expo (Mind, Body, Spirit) at Norma Hertzog Community Center

... and check out 3 more events on the calendar!

Today's riddle: Where is the worst place to hide in a hospital ? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Areas of low clouds, then sun, with a high of 81 and low of 68 degrees.
• Friday: Clouds yielding to sun, temps: high: 80, low: 65.
• Saturday: Mostly sunny and beautiful, with a high of 81 and low of 66 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Laguna Woods

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday August 15
• Back to School - Back to Dance! One Day Registration →
  Focus Dance Center, 4746 Barranca Pkwy, Irvine
  10:00 am
Sunday August 16
• Opera Laguna Concert & FUNdraiser →
  Private home,
  5:00 pm
Saturday August 22
• Awakened Lifestyle Expo (Mind, Body, Spirit) →
  Norma Hertzog Community Center, 1845 Park Ave, Costa Mesa
  9:00 am
Wednesday August 26
• Premier Showcase at Pacific View Memorial Park & Mortuary →
  3500 Pacific View Drive, Corona del Mar, CA 92625,
  2:00 pm

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Other local events

Monday August 17
• Kinder Back to School Night
  Valencia Elementary Laguna Hills, CA 92653
  5:00 pm
Tuesday August 18
• Kinder Meet and Greet
  Valencia Elementary Laguna Hills, CA 92653
  4:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday August 13
• Board Meeting - Regular Meeting
  Laguna Beach Unified Laguna Beach, CA 92651
  6:00 pm
• Chamber Night at the Sawdust 2026
  Laguna Beach Chamber of Commerce 357 Glenneyre, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
  6:00 pm
• Chamber Night at The Sawdust Art Festival
  Lake Forest Chamber of Commerce Sawdust Art Festival 935 Laguna Canyon Road Laguna Beach, CA 92651
  6:00 pm
Friday August 14
• Professional Learning Day (No School)
  Vista Verde Irvine, CA 92603
• PTA Ice Cream Social
  Glen Yermo Elementary Mission Viejo, CA 92691
  5:00 pm
• Concert in the Park – City of Laguna Hills →
  Laguna Hills Community Center, 25555 Alicia Pkwy, Laguna Hills
  6:30 pm
Saturday August 15
• Yachty By Nature: City of Lake Forest →
  Lake Forest Sports Park, 28000 Vista Terrace, Lake Forest
  6:00 pm
Monday August 17
• AUT program BTSN
  Bonita Canyon Elementary Irvine, CA 92603
  4:30 pm
• All School Welcome Back Ice Cream Social
  Turtle Rock Elementary Irvine, CA 92603
  4:30 pm
• Kinder Back to School Night
  Valencia Elementary Laguna Hills, CA 92653
  5:00 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Aliso Viejo

• LA Times: Trump administration targeted California and other blue states for clean energy cuts (senate.gov)
• 49 Americans Heading to the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships (mbaction.com)

Laguna Hills

• Aureka Open-Sourced Antibody AI That Beats AlphaFold 3; Closes $100M Drug Discovery Round (techtimes.com)
• Heart Disease: Belly Fat May Predict Risk Better Than BMI (healthline.com)
• Robert Refsnyder's release marks end of MLB run for Arizona's 2012 champs (tucson.com)

Mission Viejo

• 18-Year-Old Arrested For DUI Crash That Killed Woman, 60, In Mission Viejo: Police (patch.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: In the ICU (Thank you Donna M. for sending it in!)
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