Author’s Tale Examines Racism and Adoption By Robin Pierson, Special to the Independent Corie Skolnick starts her novel “Orfan” by foisting heart-breaking bad luck onto an innocent. In the opening chapters, the character J.D., a mixed raced kid born to a Catholic teenager, is given up for adoption, only to have the loving couple [...]
Book Club Signs Up for ‘The Hunger Games’ A discussion group about “The Hunger Games” by Suzanne Collins is scheduled for Wednesday, May 23, at 6:30 p.m. at Laguna Beach Books, 1200 S. Coast Highway. The book club is usually the third Wednesday of every month. For more info: visit www.lagunabeachbooks.com or call 949-494-4779. [...]
Disciple Writes on Laughter’s Leaders Jeffrey Briar, director of Laguna’s Laughter Yoga Institute, has published “Laughter Revolutionaries: Making the World Safe for Hilarity.” The book features interviews with Drs. Patch Adams, Madan Kataria and Gita Suraj-Narayan, as well as others in the field of therapeutic laughter. Briar is a master trainer for [...]
Suspense Author Promises to Keep You on Edge Timothy Korzep, a longtime Laguna Beach resident, will keep readers on edge in his new novel of suspense, “The Prophet’s Alibi.” In the book, humanity watches as chaos surrounds the modern world, markets crumble, and society struggles with their unsure future. The book is [...]
Local Couple Illustrate Sea Book Laguna Beach residents Ret and Karen Talbot have been named co-author and illustrator in a book project about a coral reef fish indigenous to a remote Indonesian archipelago. A fulltime freelance writer and photographer who frequently covers fisheries issues, Ret will embed with a scientific expedition travelling to [...]
Fiction in Laguna’s Streets The action of “Under the Green Dome,” a new novel by Irvine’s M.P. Gareri, takes place in the streets of Laguna Beach. According to the author, the book released on March 1 is humorous overall with political satire based on crazy politics in Laguna. It’s set in the late [...]
Authors Visiting Local Store Laguna Beach Books will welcome Allene Symons, author of “Selling Your Book in Traditional (and New) Markets – From Bookstore Shelves to Selling Via the Internet,” on March 18 a 4 p.m. to the store at 1200 S. Coast Highway. There is no charge for either event. For [...]
Laguna Beach Books welcomes David R. Stoecklein, author of “Southern California Coastal Mountains to the Sea” to the store Friday, Oct. 21, from 5 to 7:30 p.m., 1200 S. Coast Highway.
He’ll be joined at the book signing and presentation Michael O’Connell, executive director of the Irvine Ranch Conservancy.
Latitude 33 Slashes Prices For a limited time only, Latitude 33 Bookshop is offering a 33 percent discount on all new books in stock. Stop by for first pick of the most lovingly selected inventory before the shop at 311 Ocean Avenue closes next month. Visit www.latitude33bookshop.com for more info. Tunes & Tomes Top [...]
Trek Through Local Hiking Guide Find out about the best hikes near the Orange County coast and throughout the county while enjoying a day at the beach during Saturday’s, July 2 event at Crystal Cove State Park sponsored by the Crystal Cove Alliance. Laguna Beach resident Karin Klein, author of the county’s newest, updated hiking [...]
Paging Art Lovers for Book Signing Laguna Beach Books welcomes local artist Ken Auster, author of “Intellect and Passion” to the store at 1200 S. Coast Highway on Sunday, June 12, at 4 p.m. where Auster will answer questions and sign copies of his book. Auster’s new coffee table book is a compilation of 15 [...]
Cyclist Peddles a New Book Three-time Ironman finisher Amy Snyder’s journey on an annual cross-country bicycling race is the subject of a book that she will be signing June 4 at Latitude 33 Bookstore, 311 Ocean Ave, from 1-3 p.m. In “Hell on Two Wheels: An Astonishing Story of Suffering, Triumph, and the Most Extreme [...]
Meet Oprah’s Diet and Fitness Guru Bob Greene, talk show host Oprah Winfrey’s diet and fitness guru, will talk about turning back the clock and sign his new book, “20 Years Younger,” at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, May 11, at Laguna Beach Books, 1200 S. Coast Highway. Greene will be joined by co-author and dermatologist [...]
City-Wide Read Author Discusses Growing Up Bipolar Laguna Beach Books and St. Mary’s Episcopal Church have organized the next installment of their ongoing City-Wide Read program, and all residents are encouraged to attend a free discussion and book-signing event for Terri Cheney, author of “The Dark Side of Innocence: Growing Up Bipolar,” to be held [...]
Author Evokes Wharton’s ‘House of Mirth’ Laguna Beach Books will host Victoria Patterson, author of “This Vacant Paradise,” at 4 p.m. on Sunday, April 17, 1200 S. Coast Highway. Patterson will read an excerpt from her novel, answer questions, and sign books at this free event. Some reviewers have depicted “This Vacant Paradise” as a [...]
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Ignoring a Red Zone Elicits More Than a Ticket
How can lack of a parking space land you behind bars? In Laguna Beach, it occurs when you pull into a spot marked in red reserved for the police watch commander. That’s what happened to Barbara Louise Kanode, 47, of Newport Beach, who on Wednesday, May 9, took an available spot near City Hall while [...]
