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Laguna Chamber Festival of Arts kills Taste of Laguna

Chamber offficials announced the Oct. 1 event at Festival of Arts was canceled due to 'unforeseen circumstances.' The backstory goes back to a Corona del Mar businessman currently in jail and awaiting federal trial for bank fraud.

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