🌱 Patch AM: How a $50,000 grant will boost Laguna Beach seniors’ rides

Hey there, Laguna Beach! Let's get started with what's happening in and around town. Read on and stay in the loop. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• How a $50,000 grant will boost Laguna Beach seniors' rides
• How a Laguna Beach woman is rebuilding herself behind bars

Also on today's calendar: Art-To-Go and Platters Auction and 5 more events.

Today's riddle: What has a neck but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Mostly sunny and humid, with a high of 83 and low of 70 degrees.
• Sunday: Mostly sunny and humid, temps: high: 77, low: 70.
• Monday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 75 and low of 68 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Around Laguna: Sally's Fund receives $50,000 grant from Samueli Foundation (latimes.com subscription) — Laguna Beach seniors will see continued support after local nonprofit Sally's Fund received a $50,000 unrestricted grant from the Samueli Foundation, with Glennwood Housing Foundation also awarded funding. Residents are also invited Monday to a new fire engine dedication at Fire Station No. 2, and there's still a little time left to enjoy the city's major summer art festivals before they close in early September.
   

• Convicted at 22, She's Spent Years Behind Bars Searching for Redemption (hsjchronicle.com) — A young woman from Laguna Beach, convicted for a 2020 drunk-driving crash that killed two people, is spending her early adulthood in California prisons focused on sobriety, therapy, and rehabilitation programs. Her journey highlights shifting state attitudes toward mental health and reentry, as she works through guilt and anxiety while preparing for a possible youth-offender parole hearing in 2033.
   

📸 Around Laguna Beach

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Laguna Beach

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Saturday August 29
• Art-To-Go and Platters Auction →
  Festival of Arts and Pageant of the Masters, 650 Laguna Canyon Rd, Laguna Beach
  6:00 pm
Thursday September 3
• Ice Cream Social and Ribbon Cutting - Rainbow Cone
  Laguna Beach Chamber of Commerce 244 S Coast Hwy, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
  11:30 am
• Back to School Night
  Bonita Canyon Elementary Irvine, CA 92603
  5:00 pm
• First Thursdays Art Walk →
  Laguna Beach Chamber of Commerce 357 Glenneyre, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
  6:00 pm
Friday September 4
• PTA Room Parent Mtg
  Bonita Canyon Elementary Irvine, CA 92603
  8:30 am
Wednesday September 9
• Wild Child →
  The Laguna Playhouse, 606 Laguna Canyon Rd, Laguna Beach
  7:30 pm
Wednesday September 16
• Health Discovery Days →
  Health In Balance, 330 Park Ave, Laguna Beach
  12:00 pm
Thursday September 17
• Yappy Hour →
  Sapphire Restaurant Patio, 1200 S Coast Hwy, Laguna Beach
  5:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday August 29
• Three-O @ The Ranch →
  The Ranch Sports Grill, 27412 Antonio Pkwy R1, Ladera Ranch
  7:00 pm
Sunday August 30
• Ladera Farmer's Market →
  Founders Park, 28275 Avendale Blvd, Ladera Ranch
  9:00 am
• The Day The Music Didn't Die →
  The Coach House Concert Hall, 33157 Camino Capistrano, San Juan Capistrano
  7:00 pm
Monday August 31
• Rotation 1 - PLC
  Rancho Santa Margarita Intermediate Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Looking to celebrate my birthday 🎂 with a stack of fresh steamed crab legs..
  looking for suggestions. Not fancy, legs, a bib, napkins, lemon and butter at a reasonable price. Thank you (Nextdoor The Village)

• City of Laguna Beach California posted a job opening for Wastewater Utility Worker I and II in Laguna Beach. Apply here.
• MicroVention, Inc. posted a job opening for Sr Assembler in Aliso Viejo. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Laguna Beach here.

🗞 Nearby News

Aliso Viejo

• Specialist II, Engineering - MicroVention - Aliso Viejo, CA, US (dice.com)
• Ladera Ranch cancer cases spark anti-pesticide activism in Orange County (dailynews.com)
• Barnes & Noble returns to Costa Mesa, invites readers to wander new 27,000 square-foot location (latimes.com)

Laguna Niguel

• Date palms: A look at their historical, economic and spiritual significance (ocregister.com)

Mission Viejo

• OC Firefighters Break Ground On New, 30K-Square-Foot Wildfire Resource Center (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A bottle (Thank you Netty W. for sending it in!)
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