What's up Laguna! Rain Wednesday and Thursday, then it clears right on time for Coast Film's final weekend and the start of Halloween week. A lot going on this week!
Below you'll find this week's events, tickets on sale, who's new in town, the conditions, some local news, and a bit of Laguna lore.
★ = family friendly
Wednesday 10/21
The Parents Club's kids trick-or-treat parade up Forest Ave, afterparty at Laguna Presbyterian. Free, come in costume.
Thursday 10/22
$25 bottles of wine through dinner. Walk in.
A free outdoor movie night: live music at 5:30, then festival films on the big screen. Free.
Friday 10/23
A supergroup with members of Goose, Dawes, and Phil Lesh's band, playing their first show ever. Tickets at
coast2026.eventive.org.
Saturday 10/24
The weekly farmers market. Free to wander.
The fourth-Saturday beach cleanup, gear and coffee provided. Free.
Team Rubicon trains students to sandbag seniors' homes before winter storms. Service hours count.
A second screening of the Jack Johnson documentary. Ticketed.
Sunday 10/25
Meet at Troy Lee Designs Sun, meet 8:30am
The shop's annual mountain bike ride, lunch after. Free.
The surf museum sells 100 vintage boards from its collection. Members get in at 8:30, kids under 12 free.
A 3 mile group run with a shoe demo and films after. Free.
A costumed 9 hole golf outing, rescheduled from the rained-out date. Registration closes Wednesday, 5 spots open.
The Surf Club's Halloween costume surf contest and beach party. Members free, $15 otherwise.
A costumed tidepool species hunt with naturalists, timed to a minus tide. Free, sign up (spots are limited).
James Dilley Preserve, Laguna Canyon Sun, 3 to 5pm
All Week
Live music on the resort's patio, every single night.
Live music with dinner and an ocean view.
Festival grounds and venues Through Sun Oct 25
Laguna Art Museum Through Nov 1
Laguna Beach Flexible
Drive Laguna seniors to appointments in your own car. Reach them at
sallysfund.org.
Prost by the Pacific Fri Oct 30, Surf and Sand Resort, the finale of their fall wine dinner series: paired courses, communal seating, reception 6:30pm.
Art + Nature at LAM Nov 1 to 9, the museum's annual art-meets-environment week, much of it free.
Sawdust Winter Fantasy Nov 20 to Dec 20, the winter market returns to the Sawdust grounds, Friday to Sunday weekends.
Newly Opened
Weekday lunch at Mor Mor
The Forest Ave restaurant now serves lunch Tuesday through Friday from noon, per
their site.
Coming Soon
Little Trouble
A natural wine, food, and cold beer spot, "just a few weeks out from opening" per an early look inside shared on Instagram. Location details still to come.
Truly Bagels
The Truly Pizza team's bagel shop at 31729 Coast Hwy in South Laguna hit a snag: the plans need to be resubmitted to the city before anything moves forward, so no open date yet.
Main Beach Salon
A new hair salon steps from Main Beach, "opening soon" per the owner, with booking already open through
their page.
Strikepoint Coworking
A co-working office space at 580 Broadway: hot desks, private offices, day passes from $50, per
their page.
ARTime Barro matcha workshops
The pottery studio's matcha kit workshop is "coming soon to Laguna Beach," with first dates November 13 and December 17 per
their page.
Sunlace Social
A live indie jazz listen-and-dance event series, "coming soon to Laguna Beach" per
their page. No date yet.
• No Brooks Street Classic this year. Organizers closed the waiting period early and postponed the 59th Classic to 2027.
• A lane of PCH is closed at the north end. Caltrans closed the right lane of southbound PCH between Reef Point and Irvine Cove over a widening crack in the bluff above. No reopening date yet, and fuller closures could follow.
• Aliso's seawall took real damage. The city reported "significant subsidence and slope failure" behind the Aliso Beach seawall after the hurricane swells, and part of the Aliso Beach parking lot has failed and is closed.
• The coastal emergency declaration was approved. The Governor declared a state of emergency for four counties including Orange for Tropical Storm Rachel recovery, citing the dangerous surf and coastal erosion.
• LBUSD put up six Blue ratings. The district earned six Blue and two Green ratings on the state dashboard, Blue being the state's highest performance level.
• LBPD flagged a rise in nitrous oxide cases. LBPD reports a rise in local nitrous oxide inhalation cases and is citing and arresting people who drive under its influence.
• LBPD is investigating a campaign sign incident. Police confirmed they are reviewing video that allegedly shows former Councilmember George Weiss removing a Kempf campaign sign; the DA's office will review the case.
• Students Helping Seniors launched. LBUSD and the city are pairing student volunteers with seniors to place sandbags before winter storms. First workshop is this Saturday, up in This Week.