Laguna Beach Special - Coming to you Live each Friday from The Historic Hotel Laguna

Total wellness Guru Nadia Strhak C0- Hosts our Show -- LIVE FROM HOTEL LAGUNA- A Classic Laguna Beach Hotel The world famous Hotel Laguna has maintained the essence of early California, combined with the charm and elegance of Europe’s finest historical establishments. Hotel Laguna epitomizes the true “California Riviera.” For many guests, returning to the Hotel Laguna has become a tradition. Hotel Laguna’s History Hotel Laguna was the first hotel in Laguna Beach and the first substantial business building. It remains today as the most known structure. It is picturesque, romantic and has quite an intriguing past. It was given over 100 years of almost continues service. About Laguna Beach. Settlers arriving after the American Civil War found scarce amounts of land available for homesteading, and one such tract, known then simply as "the public lands" was the coastal strip from Laguna Canyon to Three Arch Bay.By 1900 Laguna Beach was occupied by five families of homesteaders struggling to farm land.Thus began the tourist industry which is still a mainstay of the local economy. In the early 1920s the area was discovered by a group of landscape painters who laid the foundation of the art community which is still thriving to this day. The region was originally known to the Spanish as "La Cañada de Las Lagunas" which means "The Canyon of the Small Lakes", in reference to two lakes found near the head of Laguna Canyon. However, in confusion with the word "Lagoon", Laguna Beach was nearly misnamed "Lagoona" by the State of California. While it was still an unincorporated community, the Postmaster, Nicholas Isch, journeyed to Sacramento to rectify the mistake, and the original Spanish spelling was retained. Laguna Beach was incorporated as a General Law City in 1927 and has experienced a slow but steady population growth since that time. Laguna Beach was the southern California epicenter of 'alternative' culture