Diane Armitage

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Bodega Laguna Dropping Into Former Laguna Fish Co.

Laguna restaurateur Ivan Spiers is doing a fast and efficient restaurant...

Pinafini Joining Laguna’s Restaurant Row

At last a "coming soon" banner has appeared at the former...

Red Dragon Flying High

For oh … maybe about 8 years … the ownership of the Red Dragon enterprise on...

San Shi Go Closing Sept. 17th, 2023

The go-to sushi favorite for three decades, San Shi Go Laguna Beach, is...

Pageant of the Monsters Returns – Oct 2023

Just when you thought the backstage at Pageant of the Masters had gone dark...

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Royal Hawaiian Rolls out New Entrées & Summer Cocktail Wonders

Royal Hawaiian Rolls out New Entrées & Summer Cocktail Wonders

Last night, I drove through a gray and cold Laguna Beach and wondered when the gods above were going to cut our retailers and restaurants a break. Although there were people roving the streets … in parkas … the town was relatively quiet for a Friday night. It was a...

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Upcoming Fete de la Musique: One BIG Music Party

Upcoming Fete de la Musique: One BIG Music Party

For years now, Laguna Beach has participated in the worldwide party, Fete de la Musique, and for year now, many Laguna residents have no idea what it really is. It’s BIG music party, man! One the same day of the year – June 21st - more than 550 cities worldwide...

Stu Saffer and My History of Newspaper Editors

Stu Saffer and My History of Newspaper Editors

Editor's Note: Stu Saffer, the Publisher of StuNewsLaguna, passed away on Saturday. May 20th. I felt I owed him some love for all the great breaks he's given me over the years. This was the column I published in StuNews that following Friday.   I was born a...

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It’s not Labor day in Laguna Beach without art classes ON the beach

This entry is part of Di's 5: What to Do In Laguna Beach This Weekend. To see other entries for this Labor Day Laguna Beach (2011), see: Labor Day 2011 Laguna Beach Sunday, Sept. 4th [singlepic id=378 w=320 h=240 mode=watermark float=right]Come on. There’s an artist...

Sawdust begins exclusive glass blowing classes

This entry is part of Di's 5: What to Do In Laguna Beach This Weekend. To see other entries for this Labor Day Laguna Beach (2011), see:  Labor Day 2011 Laguna Beach Tuesday. Sept. 6th,  [singlepic id=9 w=320 h=240 float=right]Hey, I know this is one day officially...

Check Laguna Beach beaches before packing beach bag

[singlepic id=418 w=320 h=240 mode=watermark float=left]Sept 1, 2011 - While we're all stoked here in Laguna Beach to see some serious wave action, this long-period swell visiting us from Tahiti isn't necessarily family or small child friendly. Today, most of our...

Laguna Beach’s south swell arrives as predicted

Forecasters weren't kidding when they mentioned that Orange County beaches were going to be drilled with an incoming south swell. Predictions say we'll have 5 - 8 foot waves through Saturday. This is a pic taken from my balcony of West Street Beach today … poor...

Max Caputo – A solemn memorial continues in Laguna Beach

[singlepic id=407 w=320 h=240 mode=watermark float=left]When I first moved from main Laguna Beach to South Laguna Beach in 2005, I didn't know a thing about the tight-knit skimboarding and skate community. That changed on August 19, 2006 when 17-year-old Max Caputo...

Dog Who Brunch Laguna Beach: Charlie & Zen

Meet Charlie & Zen, valiant defenders of the Main Beach Boardwalk Sunday, August 21, Main Beach, Laguna Beach [singlepic id=405 w=320 h=240 mode=watermark float=center]Maltese 2-year-olds, Charlie and Zen, consider themselves brothers of another mother. Though...

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