Image credits
- Sugar Plum Arts & Crafts Festival
Sugar Plum Festivals - Taste of San Clemente
San Clemente Chamber of Commerce - Noche de Altares
Noche de Altares - The Coast Vintage Market
The Coast Vintage Market - Fall Artisans Market
City of Aliso Viejo - The Addams Family: Audition Workshop
Bravo Players Guild - Winter Fest OC
Winter Fest OC - Holidays at the Disneyland Resort
Disneyland Resort - Tanaka Farms Hikari Festival of Lights
Tanaka Farms - Outlets at San Clemente — Tree Lighting Celebration
Outlets at San Clemente - Viva la Vida Día de los Muertos Festival
Viva la Vida Santa Ana - The Great Junk Hunt
The Great Junk Hunt - Seal Beach Christmas Tree Lighting
Seal Beach Chamber of Commerce - Santa’s Arrival and Lighting Celebration
City of Mission Viejo - Championship Wrestling
Championship Wrestling - Irvine Holiday Faire
Destination Irvine - Desi Comedy Fest
Desi Comedy Fest - Journey: Final Frontier Tour
Journey / Honda Center - Irvine Park Christmas Train
Irvine Park Railroad - Newport Beach Christmas Boat Parade
Newport Beach Chamber of Commerce - Newport Dunes Fire & Lights Festival — Lighting of the Bay
Newport Dunes - Christmas Market OC at Old World Village
Christmas Market OC / Old World - Repticon Costa Mesa
Repticon / OC Fair & Event Center - Irvine Spectrum Holidays — Nightly Tree Lighting
Irvine Spectrum Center - Holidayz at the Park
City of Irvine - Fashion Island — Nights of Coastal Lights
Visit Newport Beach - Magic on Main Street
Visit Huntington Beach - Downtown Santa Ana Art Walk
Travel Santa Ana - Dream Glow Festival
Dream Glow Festival - First Thursdays Art Walk
Laguna Art Museum - Downtown Fullerton Art Walk
Downtown Fullerton Art Walk - Veterans Day Celebration & Car Show
City of Tustin - Orange County Wine Fest
Orange County Wine Fest - Dana Point Harbor Dogapalooza
Dana Point Harbor - Modern Makers Mart: Pumpkin Spice & Everything Nice
Modern Makers Mart - Dana Point Harbor — Happy Harbor Days
Dana Point Harbor - Knott’s Merry Farm
Knott’s Berry Farm - Sawdust Art Festival’s Winter Fantasy
Sawdust Art Festival - Capistrano Lights
Mission San Juan Capistrano - Dine Brea
City of Brea - common-thread
Photo: Shop Common Thread - ladera-ranch-library
OC Public Libraries - oslo-coffee-company
Oslo Coffee Co. - loc-noodle-dumpling-bar
LOC Noodle & Dumpling Bar online ordering site - posh-paws
Posh Paws Pet Spa - selmas-breakfast
Selma’s / Shop & Dine Ladera Ranch - alohaween-2026
Shop & Dine Ladera Ranch - halloween-weekend
Anna Tukhfatullina / Pexels · License - chick-fil-a-colleen-drinks
Photo supplied to The Bubble - chick-fil-a-colleen-mascot
Photo supplied to The Bubble - chick-fil-a-press-meal
Chick-fil-A - hip-hop-tribe-illustration
Konstantin Mishchenko / Pexels · Pexels License - weekend-picnic
Yaroslav Shuraev / Pexels · Pexels License - weekend-packed-lunch
Nehir Taştan / Pexels · Pexels License - go-bag-first-aid
CDC / Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · compressed for web - go-bag-n95
CDC / Debora Cartagena · Public domain · resized for web - mission-fountain
Buaberry / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · resized; display crop - mission-arcade
CashewCraver / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · resized; display crop - cheese-board
Georgie Devlin / Pexels · License - mission-courtyard
Buaberry / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · resized; display crop - harvest
LaderaLife / LARCS (archived source) · Official events - halloween
LaderaLife / LARCS (archived source) · 2026 contest archive - coffee
Selma’s Chicago Pizzeria & Tap Room - ladera
LaderaLife / LARMAC - family
LaderaLife / LARMAC - food
Joe’s Italian Restaurant & Bar - common-thread
Common Thread - soul-movement
Soul Movement Yoga - sound-bath
Happens By Chance - community
LaderaLife / LARMAC - ladera-mercantile
Branden Pinney · public domain - Joe’s Italian · Ladera Ranch
Joe’s Italian · Ladera Ranch - Olive Garden
Olive Garden - Kids Skate Free
Kids Skate Free - Smashburger
Smashburger - Topgolf
Topgolf
