🌱 Kinder Back to School Night and 11 more events

Good morning to you Laguna Woods! Catch up on our news and events right here. Keep reading to stay in the know. ☀️

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: Why was the pony eating cough drops? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Humid, with a high of 82 and low of 68 degrees.
• Thursday: Partly sunny and pleasant, temps: high: 80, low: 68.
• Friday: Clouds yielding to sun, with a high of 80 and low of 65 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

Wednesday August 12

• MAGNOLIA Coffee with the Principal
  Anaheim Union High School District MHS Library
  8:30 am
• Orange County Resource Panel - August 2026 →
  Laguna Hills Community Center, 25555 Alicia Pkwy, Laguna Hills
  11:30 am
• Student & Parent Tailgater
  Trabuco Hills High Mission Viejo, CA 92691
  5:00 pm
• Back to Business Mixer - She Means Business
  Lake Forest Chamber of Commerce Spectrum Specialties & Awards 26239 Enterprise Court Lake Forest, CA 92630
  5:30 pm
• City Council Meeting →
  City of Rancho Santa Margarita - CIty Council Council Chambers - 22112 El Paseo Rancho Santa Margarita C
  7:00 pm

Thursday August 13

• 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
• 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

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

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🗞 Nearby News

Aliso Viejo

• Stifel Nicolaus Lowers RxSight (NASDAQ:RXST) Price Target to $7.00 (marketbeat.com)
• Tony Amaradio – On How Spirituality Affects a Child's Future (observer-reporter.com)
• RxSight Reports Q2 Financial Results, Provides Update on 2026 Outlook (visionmonday.com)

Laguna Hills

• Aureka Open-Sourced Antibody AI That Beats AlphaFold 3; Closes $100M Drug Discovery Round (techtimes.com)
• Southern California pay raises can't keep up with inflation's bite (fresnobee.com)

Lake Forest

• Man In His 70s Killed In DUI Crash; 22-Year-Old Arrested: Police (patch.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: He was a little hoarse. (Thank you Henry L. for sending it in!)
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