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How to Build an Awards Show
June 5, 2026
How to Build an Awards Show If you didn’t fully love Laguna before last week’s Laguna Achievement Festival (LAF Awards), you surely are renewing your vows now. What a wonderful, wacky, passionate, talented, and just plain weird group of people who affirmed what a special place this continues to be. It was a collection of […]
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Welcome to KXFM’s Orange Door Studios
June 5, 2026
Welcome Home: A New Chapter for KXFM What a whirlwind few weeks it’s been for KXFM. Just days after celebrating another unforgettable Laguna Achievement Festival (the LAF Awards), we welcomed the community into Orange Door Studios. The second annual LAF Awards reminded us why Laguna Beach is such a special place. The energy in the […]
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The 2026 LAF Awards
May 27, 2026
The second annual Laguna Achievement Festival (the LAF Awards) somehow managed to outdo itself. What started as a slightly absurd, joyfully over-the-top idea to celebrate all things Laguna returned this year bigger, louder, funnier, and even more heartfelt, packing the Laguna Playhouse with artists, athletes, musicians, local businesses, nonprofits, and hometown legends for a night […]
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Everybody Has a Story: Local Writers and the Art of Storytelling in Laguna Beach
May 6, 2026
At its core, storytelling is about connection—and in Everybody’s Got a Story, host John Tynan turns that idea into something tangible for the Laguna Beach community. What might otherwise be a standard author interview show becomes, instead, a gathering place for writers, readers, and anyone drawn to the creative process. Tynan approaches each episode with […]
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November, You Are So Laguna
May 6, 2026
Okay Denise, I’ll take the bait. Because sometimes a Laguna day is so perfect you shout it out to everyone you see and they shout it right back at you and it cracks your heart wide open that life can be so beautiful. Such was the case last Sunday (November 14). You remember last weekend, […]
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Flowers Once More
May 6, 2026
Follow the Yellow Dirt Road I only went out for a walk, And finally concluded To stay out until sundown, For going out I found, Was really going in. -John Muir Lord have mercy. I have seen the light. And the colors. Some say God is in the details. But I say it is in […]
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The Sharin’ Hour: From Classroom to Oxford, A Teen’s Journey Through Cognitive Dissonance and Trauma as Superpower
May 6, 2026
Some conversations challenge what we think we know about education, growth, and resilience—and this episode of The Sharin’ Hour does exactly that. Host Sharon James sits down with Jenny and Piper Grant Rankin, a mother-daughter duo whose experiences span elite academic institutions, personal transformation, and a shared commitment to rethinking how we learn. At just […]
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Here Comes The Sun
May 6, 2026
Here Comes Summer Every now and then I’m compelled to blow a big wet kiss to Laguna. Much as I try to resist, it’s involuntary, a compulsion to confess the great joy and gratitude I feel living here. Oh sure, I bitch about how it could be better, but that’s my job as kibitzer in […]
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The Business Link: A Three-Year Legal Battle in Laguna Beach Nears Resolution
April 17, 2026
A Three-Year Legal Battle in Laguna Beach Nears Resolution What began as an almost surreal in Laguna Beach has unfolded into a complex, high-stakes legal battle with far-reaching implications. In this episode of The Business Link, host Heidi Miller sits down with property owner Mo Honarkar to reflect on the three-year saga surrounding the hostile […]
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