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Aerial view of Laguna Sands oceanfront community on the sand in Laguna Beach, California
Laguna Sands

One of the Few Places in Laguna Beach You Can Actually Live on the Sand


Drive South Coast Highway between the Village and Aliso Beach and you pass a long stretch of buildings that face the water. Very few of them sit on it. The bluff does most of the work along this coast, which is why so much of Laguna’s oceanfront housing looks down at the beach from thirty or forty feet up rather than opening onto it.


Laguna Sands is one of the exceptions. The gated community sits directly on the sand next to the Surf & Sand Resort, and residents reach the beach without crossing a road or hunting for a public stairway. That single fact explains most of what makes the…

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Modern Laguna Contemporary Coastal Living · The Aaronson Group Laguna Beach · Summer 2026

Where Art Comes Alive: The Pageant of the Masters and the Sawdust Art Festival

Every summer, Laguna Canyon becomes the center of the Southern California art world. A quiet stretch of road just above the coast fills with music, handmade work, and one of the most inventive stage productions in the country. Two events anchor the season, and together they capture what makes Laguna Beach unlike anywhere else on the coast.

Where the canyon meets the coast, art is not something you watch from a distance. It is something you walk through. The Pageant of the Masters

Living Pictures Under the Stars

Now in its 93rd year, the…

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Modern Laguna Fourth of July fireworks over the Laguna Beach coastline at Heisler Park
Coastal Living • Laguna Beach

Where to Watch Fourth of July Fireworks in Laguna Beach

Where can you watch Fourth of July fireworks in Laguna Beach in 2026? The city’s annual show launches at 9 p.m. on Saturday, July 4, 2026, from Monument Point at Heisler Park, with excellent viewing from the park, Main Beach, and the North Laguna coves.

Few things capture summer in Laguna like fireworks breaking over the water. The city’s elevated coastline turns the Fourth into one of the most scenic Independence Day shows on the Orange County coast, and it is free to watch from the bluffs and beaches downtown.

Here is what you need to know for the night: the show time, the best places to watch, the local…

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