<h1 style="text-align: center;">Laguna Beach, <em>Los Angeles</em></h1>
<p>Laguna Beach is an affluent seaside resort city and artist community located in southern Orange County, California, United States, approximately 19 miles southeast of the county seat of Santa Ana. Laguna Beach has a warm Mediterranean climate with abundant sunshine all year. It is bordered by the Pacific Ocean on the southwest, Crystal Cove State Park on the northwest, Laguna Woods on the northeast, Aliso Viejo and Laguna Niguel on the east, and Dana Point on the southeast.</p>
<p>The land in and around Laguna Beach rises quickly from the shoreline into the hills and canyons of the San Joaquin Hills. The town&rsquo;s highest point, at an elevation of 1,007 feet, is Temple Hill in the Top of the World neighborhood. In 1979, Laguna Beach was described as &ldquo;a paradise, an inexhaustible source of inspiration&rdquo; by artist Marco Sassone, one of the many artists who made the &ldquo;idyllic&rdquo; town home since the 1920s.</p>
<p>Each summer the Pageant of the Masters is held. This event shows recreations of artwork with people posing in a set that looks like the original art. Also held during the summer are festivals such as the Sawdust Art Festival, Festival of Arts, and Art-A-Fair. The Laguna Beach Plein Air Painting Invitational is held annually in October.</p>